Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Christian Yelich (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 86	‐
VBR	# 136	# 478

Projections

Runs	22	13
Home Runs	5	4
RBI	21	15
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.254	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 65	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 84	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 81	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 122	# 338

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 97	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	295	5

Runs	45	1

Hits	69	2

Singles	43	0

Doubles	17	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	37	1

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	35	0

Strikeouts	90	0

Batting Average	.234	.400

On Base Pct	.319	.400

Slugging Pct	.376	1.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	1.600

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	152	105

Runs	22	13

Hits	39	24

Singles	26	15

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	4

RBI	21	15

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	19	9

Strikeouts	44	29

Batting Average	.254	.231

On Base Pct	.345	.303

Slugging Pct	.416	.405

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Christian Yelich went 1-for-5 in a win over the Angels with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Christian Yelich went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Rockies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Christian Yelich went 0-for-3 in a win over the Marlins with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Christian Yelich went 1-for-3 in an 8-6 win over the Marlins with a double, one run scored, one stolen base, two walks, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Christian Yelich went 3-for-5 in Monday’s 4-3 win over the Cardinals with two doubles and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs NYM
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Christian Yelich (2026)

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