Carlos Cortes

Bats L Throws B5'7" 206 lbBorn 1997 Orlando, USADebut 2025Team ATHDraft 2016 R20 #610 New York Mets, Lake Howell (FL) HSContract 1 y/$780,000 (26) 2026: $780,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 87.0FIELD+ 98.6 at RFTotal 0.42 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	137	123	29	6	0	4	12	28	0	0.235	0.303	0.395	0.699	0.161	0.305	20.4	8.7	89.4	0.25
2027	277	247	58	12	1	7	25	51	1	0.234	0.306	0.376	0.683	0.142	0.301	18.4	8.8	90.4	0.54

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 92 HIT+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	George Anderson	1918	145.7	did not play
2	Nick Martini	2018	130.3	81.6	109
3	Bill Renna	1953	130.7	84.2	474
4	Warren Newson	1993	123.6	87.2	118
5	Armando Rios	2000	133.5	107.3	359
6	Johnny Blanchard	1961	129.0	98.7	278
7	Javier Ortiz	1991	126.1	did not play
8	Bill Howerton	1950	119.2	118.9	321
9	Hyun Soo Kim	2016	121.3	66.1	238
10	John Rodriguez	2006	111.0	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			277		58	12	1	7		1	25	51	0.234	0.306	0.376	0.683	90.4
2026*	ATH	94	288	24	65	15	1	7		2	26	43	0.255	0.330	0.404	0.734	109.0
2025	ATH	42	99	11	29	8	1	4	14	0	3	20	0.309	0.323	0.543	0.866	132.0
Career		42	99	11	29	8	1	4	14	0	3	20	0.309	0.323	0.543	0.866	132.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	288	89.3	8.7	6.6	37.9	21.4	25.4	0.252	0.389	0.317	26.0
2025	99	89.8	16.3	9.2	44.7	21.4	30.6	0.267	0.443	0.314	26.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATH	OF	29	191	37	1	1	0	0.974
2025	ATH	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	314	17 HR, 2 SB	0.322	1.017
2024	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Bat	321	16 HR, 3 SB	0.246	0.786
2023	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Bat	442	15 HR, 3 SB	0.241	0.783
2022	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Bat	117	1 HR, 0 SB	0.168	0.465
2022	AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Bat	374	11 HR, 0 SB	0.241	0.729
2021	AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Bat	346	14 HR, 1 SB	0.257	0.819
2019	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Bat	526	11 HR, 6 SB	0.255	0.733

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.378	0.322	0.303	0.349
2025	0.360	0.365	0.390	0.336

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.