Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Matt Wallner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 166	# 266
VBR	# 573	# 1230

Projections

Runs	16	6
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	17	6
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.254	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 184	# 239

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	# 244

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 237	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	208	120

Runs	20	14

Hits	58	20

Singles	40	13

Doubles	11	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	23	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	22	10

Strikeouts	31	53

Batting Average	.279	.167

On Base Pct	.355	.259

Slugging Pct	.428	.292

On-base Plus Slugging	.783	.551

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	124	39

Runs	16	6

Hits	32	9

Singles	19	5

Doubles	7	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	17	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	4

Strikeouts	27	14

Batting Average	.254	.224

On Base Pct	.322	.317

Slugging Pct	.430	.441

On-base Plus Slugging	.751	.757

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
News
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th
	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	Matt Wallner avoided an injury after getting hit by a pitch and being removed from Thursday’s game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 15-2 loss to the Nationals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th
	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	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Carlos Cortes went 4-for-5 in Monday’s 6-4 win over the Mariners with a home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Apr 21st	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
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			Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#165	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Matt Wallner (2026)

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