Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Judge for Abimelec Ortiz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 40	‐
VBR	# 248	# 478

Projections

Runs	15	13
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	16	15
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.282	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 63	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 43	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 134	# 338

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 7	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	214	5

Runs	43	1

Hits	53	2

Singles	26	0

Doubles	10	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	17	1

RBI	38	1

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	42	0

Strikeouts	72	0

Batting Average	.248	.400

On Base Pct	.375	.400

Slugging Pct	.533	1.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.907	1.600

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	71	105

Runs	15	13

Hits	20	24

Singles	10	15

Doubles	3	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	16	15

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	9

Strikeouts	22	29

Batting Average	.282	.231

On Base Pct	.426	.303

Slugging Pct	.597	.405

On-base Plus Slugging	1.023	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge completed another running session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the team has not determined when Aaron Judge will be examined again by doctors Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge is continuing to rehab in New York. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said a second doctor confirmed that Aaron Judge isn’t ready for baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Yankees transferred Aaron Judge to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

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Aaron Judge for Abimelec Ortiz (2026)

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