Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Jake McCarthy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	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	# 119	‐
VBR	# 148	# 1221

Projections

Runs	24	5
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	19	6
Stolen Bases	8	0
Batting Average	.275	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	# 340

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	291	2

Runs	42	0

Hits	87	1

Singles	52	0

Doubles	19	1

Triples	6	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	55	0

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	18	0

Strikeouts	55	0

Batting Average	.299	.500

On Base Pct	.345	.500

Slugging Pct	.509	1.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.854	1.500

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	43

Runs	24	5

Hits	45	9

Singles	31	6

Doubles	8	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	19	6

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	4

Strikeouts	32	12

Batting Average	.275	.218

On Base Pct	.331	.290

Slugging Pct	.423	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.754	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Reds with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer 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
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#427	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Jake McCarthy (2026)

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