Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Rhylan Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 168	‐
VBR	# 529	‐

Projections

Runs	15	2
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	16	2
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.249	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 239	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	222	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	60	‐

Singles	40	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	25	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	22	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Batting Average	.270	‐

On Base Pct	.345	‐

Slugging Pct	.428	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	115	14

Runs	15	2

Hits	29	4

Singles	18	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	16	2

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	25	2

Batting Average	.249	.250

On Base Pct	.315	.300

Slugging Pct	.417	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.586

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
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	The Astros designated Rhylan Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	The Astros claimed Rhylan Thomas off waivers from the Mariners. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	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 Mariners designated Rhylan Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	The Mariners reassigned OF Rhylan Thomas to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	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
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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			Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Rhylan Thomas (2026)

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