Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Steven Kwan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 157	# 168
VBR	# 210	# 523

Projections

Runs	26	15
Home Runs	2	4
RBI	17	16
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.270	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	# 186

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	# 239

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 106	# 188

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	# 131

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 175	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	319	218

Runs	42	22

Hits	78	60

Singles	63	40

Doubles	12	12

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	1	7

RBI	18	25

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	50	22

Strikeouts	36	33

Batting Average	.245	.275

On Base Pct	.350	.351

Slugging Pct	.304	.436

On-base Plus Slugging	.654	.787

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	186	119

Runs	26	15

Hits	50	30

Singles	39	18

Doubles	8	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	17	16

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	11

Strikeouts	20	26

Batting Average	.270	.249

On Base Pct	.348	.315

Slugging Pct	.363	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.711	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
News
	Steven Kwan went 2-for-4 in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins with one stolen base and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Steven Kwan went 1-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the Marlins on Saturday with a double, two RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
	Steven Kwan went 1-for-2 in a 7-6 loss to the White Sox on Sunday with a walk and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Steven Kwan went 2-for-3 in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Friday with a double, a run scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sat, Jun 6th	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th
	The Guardians placed Steven Kwan on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	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
	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE			Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Steven Kwan (2026)

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