Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for George Valera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 369
VBR	# 1201	‐

Projections

Runs	5	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	5	5
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.225	.205

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 329

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 340	# 384

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	2	37

Runs	0	1

Hits	1	8

Singles	0	5

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	0	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	0	8

Batting Average	.500	.216

On Base Pct	.500	.237

Slugging Pct	1.000	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	1.500	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	37	37

Runs	5	5

Hits	8	8

Singles	5	5

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	5	5

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	4

Strikeouts	10	10

Batting Average	.225	.205

On Base Pct	.299	.284

Slugging Pct	.401	.329

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.613

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
		The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
		George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
		The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 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
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#26	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#135	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#101	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#126	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#101	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#104	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#193	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#193
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for George Valera (2026)

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