Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Matt Mervis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Matt Mervis 1B - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 410	‐

Projections

Runs	12	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	13	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.235	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 337	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Matt Mervis 1B - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	40	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Batting Average	.300	‐

On Base Pct	.317	‐

Slugging Pct	.700	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	1.017	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Matt Mervis 1B - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	91	‐

Runs	12	‐

Hits	21	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	13	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	8	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Batting Average	.235	‐

On Base Pct	.302	‐

Slugging Pct	.417	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Matt Mervis 1B - FA
News
	Abimelec Ortiz went 1-for-4 in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Mets with a home run, one run scored and one RBI while striking out twice. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 17th	The Nationals released 1B Matt Mervis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Abimelec Ortiz went 2-for-4 in a win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Fri, Aug 14th	The Nationals have reassigned first baseman Matt Mervis to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 13th
	Abimelec Ortiz went 1-for-2 in loss to the Cubs with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH			Matt Mervis 1B - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#261
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#405
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#37
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#252
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#139
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#327
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#383
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#313
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#361
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#261
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#211
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#260
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#194
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Matt Mervis (2026)

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