Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Kyle Stowers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 106	# 168
VBR	# 133	# 529

Projections

Runs	27	15
Home Runs	10	4
RBI	30	16
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.239	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	# 186

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 91	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 126	# 131

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	# 135

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 107	# 239

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 159	# 188

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	297	222

Runs	36	22

Hits	68	60

Singles	36	40

Doubles	17	12

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	12	7

RBI	43	25

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	22

Strikeouts	110	34

Batting Average	.229	.270

On Base Pct	.310	.345

Slugging Pct	.428	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.773

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	195	115

Runs	27	15

Hits	46	29

Singles	26	18

Doubles	10	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	4

RBI	30	16

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	11

Strikeouts	65	25

Batting Average	.239	.249

On Base Pct	.325	.315

Slugging Pct	.447	.417

On-base Plus Slugging	.772	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
News
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Kyle Stowers went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
	Kyle Stowers went 4-for-5 with two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI in Friday's 12-5 victory over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Kyle Stowers went 3-for-6 with a triple, a double, two runs scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 14-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-2 with a home run, one walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Sunday's 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA			Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Kyle Stowers (2026)

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