Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Jac Caglianone (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	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	# 81	‐
VBR	# 111	# 461

Projections

Runs	21	14
Home Runs	7	4
RBI	22	15
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.251	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	# 338

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	386	15

Runs	49	1

Hits	99	3

Singles	60	1

Doubles	19	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	18	1

RBI	45	1

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	27	1

Strikeouts	112	4

Batting Average	.257	.200

On Base Pct	.311	.250

Slugging Pct	.456	.467

On-base Plus Slugging	.767	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	106

Runs	21	14

Hits	38	25

Singles	23	15

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	22	15

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	9

Strikeouts	41	29

Batting Average	.251	.232

On Base Pct	.315	.301

Slugging Pct	.452	.410

On-base Plus Slugging	.767	.711

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Twins with a run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 5th	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Jac Caglianone went 1-for-5 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in loss to the Twins with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Jac Caglianone is back in the Royals lineup on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Jac Caglianone remains out of the Royals lineup for Friday's series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#143
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#158
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#264
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#426
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#187
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Jac Caglianone (2026)

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