Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Kahlil Watson (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 481	# 1292

Projections

Runs	14	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	16	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.233	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 349

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 338	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	6	88

Runs	1	6

Hits	2	21

Singles	0	14

Doubles	1	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	1	11

Stolen Bases	0	9

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	0	3

Strikeouts	0	32

Batting Average	.333	.239

On Base Pct	.333	.264

Slugging Pct	1.000	.341

On-base Plus Slugging	1.333	.605

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	113	12

Runs	14	1

Hits	26	3

Singles	16	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	16	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	31	4

Batting Average	.233	.236

On Base Pct	.305	.298

Slugging Pct	.408	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.659

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
News
	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Kahlil Watson was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Kahlil Watson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins with an RBI, a stolen base, and a strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th
	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-3 in a 6-5 loss to the Twins on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
		Kahlil Watson went 1-for-5 in a 7-6 loss to the White Sox on Sunday with two stolen bases and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
		Kahlil Watson went 0-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox on Saturday with two stolen bases and three strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH			Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
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 (8-9)	#19
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Kahlil Watson (2026)

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