Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Kevin Newman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 476	‐

Projections

Runs	14	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	15	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.233	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 338	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	19	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	4	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Batting Average	.211	‐

On Base Pct	.250	‐

Slugging Pct	.421	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.671	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	24	‐

Singles	15	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	15	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Batting Average	.233	‐

On Base Pct	.303	‐

Slugging Pct	.414	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
News
	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH			Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#133	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#391	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#217	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#398
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#430	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#200	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#407
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Kevin Newman (2026)

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