Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Braden Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 183	‐
VBR	# 309	# 1199

Projections

Runs	19	5
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	17	6
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.243	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 339

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	156	2

Runs	22	0

Hits	37	1

Singles	22	0

Doubles	10	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	20	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	16	0

Strikeouts	35	0

Batting Average	.237	.500

On Base Pct	.314	.500

Slugging Pct	.385	1.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.699	1.500

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	40

Runs	19	5

Hits	37	9

Singles	24	6

Doubles	8	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	17	6

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	3

Strikeouts	45	11

Batting Average	.243	.227

On Base Pct	.312	.299

Slugging Pct	.389	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.697

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Astros with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5 in a win over the Blue Jays with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-5 in a win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#137
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#327
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs CHC
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 (6-6)	#235	@ 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 (4-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
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 Braden Montgomery (2026)

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