Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Jose Caballero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	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	# 139	‐
VBR	# 155	# 481

Projections

Runs	18	14
Home Runs	3	5
RBI	13	16
Stolen Bases	13	1
Batting Average	.229	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 233	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 141	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 137	# 338

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 178	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	318	6

Runs	38	1

Hits	77	2

Singles	53	0

Doubles	12	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	41	1

Stolen Bases	27	0

Caught Stealing	8	0

Walks	20	0

Strikeouts	81	0

Batting Average	.242	.333

On Base Pct	.295	.333

Slugging Pct	.393	1.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	1.333

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	113

Runs	18	14

Hits	29	26

Singles	20	16

Doubles	6	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	5

RBI	13	16

Stolen Bases	13	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	12	10

Strikeouts	36	31

Batting Average	.229	.233

On Base Pct	.307	.305

Slugging Pct	.357	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.664	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Jose Caballero went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Cardinals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Jose Caballero went 2-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Cubs with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Jose Caballero went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Cubs with one walk, one RBI, and two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Jose Caballero went 2-for-5 in a 6-5 loss to the White Sox with a double and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Jose Caballero went 0-for-3 in a win over the Dodgers with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Jose Caballero (2026)

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