Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 168	# 388
VBR	# 579	# 1274

Projections

Runs	14	2
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	15	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.249	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 239	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 449

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	222	69

Runs	22	7

Hits	60	16

Singles	40	10

Doubles	12	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	25	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	5

Strikeouts	34	21

Batting Average	.270	.232

On Base Pct	.345	.312

Slugging Pct	.428	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	112	15

Runs	14	2

Hits	28	3

Singles	17	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	15	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	24	4

Batting Average	.249	.224

On Base Pct	.316	.295

Slugging Pct	.419	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.619

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
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 Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Sterlin Thompson went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs on Wednesday in the Rockies' 8-6 loss to the Cubs. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	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 Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 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	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 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			Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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