Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 168	‐
VBR	# 579	‐

Projections

Runs	14	3
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	15	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.249	.234

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	# 371

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	222	56

Runs	22	5

Hits	60	15

Singles	40	11

Doubles	12	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	25	7

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	1

Strikeouts	34	8

Batting Average	.270	.268

On Base Pct	.345	.276

Slugging Pct	.428	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	112	24

Runs	14	3

Hits	28	6

Singles	17	4

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	15	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	2

Strikeouts	24	5

Batting Average	.249	.234

On Base Pct	.316	.280

Slugging Pct	.419	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.620

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
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 Rangers signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th
	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	Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	The Dodgers sent INF Santiago Espinal outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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 Dodgers designated INF Santiago Espinal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 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			Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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