Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Billy Cook (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1214	# 1291

Projections

Runs	6	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	6	3
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.221	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 386

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 339	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	2	35

Runs	0	7

Hits	1	6

Singles	0	5

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	0	0

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	0	0

Strikeouts	0	14

Batting Average	.500	.171

On Base Pct	.500	.171

Slugging Pct	1.000	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	1.500	.371

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	43	26

Runs	6	3

Hits	10	6

Singles	6	4

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	6	3

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	2

Strikeouts	12	8

Batting Average	.221	.215

On Base Pct	.294	.271

Slugging Pct	.382	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	.604

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
		The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
		The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ DET
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Billy Cook (2026)

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