Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Justin Dean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	‐
VBR	# 746	# 1339

Projections

Runs	12	2
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	13	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.247	.198

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	227	8

Runs	23	3

Hits	60	3

Singles	40	2

Doubles	12	0

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	28	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	2

Strikeouts	38	4

Batting Average	.264	.375

On Base Pct	.339	.500

Slugging Pct	.419	.625

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	1.125

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	99	13

Runs	12	2

Hits	25	3

Singles	15	2

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	13	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	22	4

Batting Average	.247	.198

On Base Pct	.313	.273

Slugging Pct	.413	.290

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a home run, one double, one walk, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in a win over the Padres with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in Friday’s 8-1 win over the Rangers with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Apr 25th	The San Francisco Giants have designated outfielder Justin Dean for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Justin Dean (2026)

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