Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Jackson Merrill (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	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	# 58	‐
VBR	# 44	# 1191

Projections

Runs	26	5
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	27	5
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.261	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	# 339

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	419	2

Runs	52	0

Hits	98	1

Singles	64	0

Doubles	18	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	0

RBI	50	0

Stolen Bases	21	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	29	0

Strikeouts	112	0

Batting Average	.234	.500

On Base Pct	.284	.500

Slugging Pct	.389	1.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.674	1.500

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	189	39

Runs	26	5

Hits	49	9

Singles	31	6

Doubles	10	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	27	5

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	3

Strikeouts	44	10

Batting Average	.261	.231

On Base Pct	.314	.303

Slugging Pct	.449	.403

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Jackson Merrill went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the Padres 7-2 win over the Marlins on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 7-6 loss against the Braves on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Jackson Merrill went 4-for-6 with two home runs and four RBI in the Padres 19-2 win over the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 4-3 loss against the Dodgers on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Jackson Merrill (2026)

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