Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Chase DeLauter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chase DeLauter CF,RF,DH - CLE	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	# 111	‐
VBR	# 137	# 1201

Projections

Runs	22	5
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	24	6
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.268	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 107	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	# 339

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 84	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase DeLauter CF,RF,DH - CLE	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	343	2

Runs	38	0

Hits	96	1

Singles	64	0

Doubles	20	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	0

RBI	51	0

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	39	0

Strikeouts	54	0

Batting Average	.280	.500

On Base Pct	.351	.500

Slugging Pct	.440	1.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.791	1.500

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase DeLauter CF,RF,DH - CLE	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	162	41

Runs	22	5

Hits	43	9

Singles	28	6

Doubles	9	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	24	6

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	3

Strikeouts	29	11

Batting Average	.268	.220

On Base Pct	.338	.292

Slugging Pct	.436	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase DeLauter CF,RF,DH - CLE	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Chase DeLauter went 1-for-3 in a 6-1 win over the Reds on Wednesday with two walks, one run scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Chase DeLauter went 0-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Chase DeLauter went 1-for-4 in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Pirates with a run scored, one RBI and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 19th
	Chase DeLauter went 1-for-5 in a 5-2 win over the Marlins on Sunday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th
	Chase DeLauter went 2-for-4 in a 3-2 win over the Marlins on Friday with a home run, one run scored, two RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase DeLauter CF,RF,DH - CLE			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Chase DeLauter (2026)

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