Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Willi Castro (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	# 161
VBR	# 749	# 144

Projections

Runs	13	22
Home Runs	4	5
RBI	13	19
Stolen Bases	0	5
Batting Average	.247	.255

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	# 153

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 156

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	# 137

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	# 178

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 210

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	226	328

Runs	23	48

Hits	60	85

Singles	40	59

Doubles	12	15

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	11

RBI	28	45

Stolen Bases	1	7

Caught Stealing	0	4

Walks	23	30

Strikeouts	37	102

Batting Average	.266	.259

On Base Pct	.340	.330

Slugging Pct	.420	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.735

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	100	157

Runs	13	22

Hits	25	40

Singles	15	26

Doubles	5	8

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	13	19

Stolen Bases	0	5

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	9	15

Strikeouts	22	43

Batting Average	.247	.255

On Base Pct	.314	.330

Slugging Pct	.414	.407

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.737

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - 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	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Padres with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Brewers with a run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	Willi Castro went 1-for-3 in Monday’s 7-3 loss to the Nationals with one double, one walk, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 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			Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
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)	#108	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#393
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ STL	Quinn Mathews	#208
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
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)	#322
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Willi Castro (2026)

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