Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Carlos Cortes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 168	‐
VBR	# 579	# 1209

Projections

Runs	14	5
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	15	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.249	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 185	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 242	# 340

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	223	2

Runs	22	0

Hits	60	1

Singles	40	0

Doubles	12	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	27	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	0

Strikeouts	34	0

Batting Average	.269	.500

On Base Pct	.343	.500

Slugging Pct	.426	1.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	1.500

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	112	37

Runs	14	5

Hits	28	8

Singles	17	5

Doubles	6	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	15	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	3

Strikeouts	24	10

Batting Average	.249	.225

On Base Pct	.316	.299

Slugging Pct	.419	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.700

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a home run, one double, one walk, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in a win over the Padres with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in Friday’s 8-1 win over the Rangers with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Apr 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Carlos Cortes (2026)

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