Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Andrew Benintendi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Benintendi LF,DH - CWS	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 201	‐
VBR	# 237	# 481

Projections

Runs	17	14
Home Runs	5	5
RBI	19	16
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.247	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 202	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 180	# 338

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 202	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Benintendi LF,DH - CWS	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	305	6

Runs	43	1

Hits	75	2

Singles	44	0

Doubles	17	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	57	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	29	0

Strikeouts	81	0

Batting Average	.246	.333

On Base Pct	.308	.333

Slugging Pct	.433	1.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	1.333

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Benintendi LF,DH - CWS	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	138	113

Runs	17	14

Hits	34	26

Singles	22	16

Doubles	6	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	5

RBI	19	16

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	10

Strikeouts	30	31

Batting Average	.247	.233

On Base Pct	.316	.305

Slugging Pct	.409	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Benintendi LF,DH - CWS	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Andrew Benintendi went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Andrew Benintendi went 2-for-3 in a 6-1 win over the Rays with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Andrew Benintendi went 1-for-3 in a 10-3 win over the Rangers with a double and three RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Andrew Benintendi went 2-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with two doubles, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Andrew Benintendi went 3-for-4 in a win over the Orioles with a double, one walk, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Benintendi LF,DH - CWS			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Andrew Benintendi (2026)

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