Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	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	# 72	‐
VBR	# 89	# 458

Projections

Runs	18	12
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	19	13
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.248	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	# 337

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	476	43

Runs	53	6

Hits	116	12

Singles	79	6

Doubles	20	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	15	5

RBI	64	9

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	70	1

Strikeouts	124	10

Batting Average	.244	.279

On Base Pct	.351	.296

Slugging Pct	.389	.651

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.947

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	88

Runs	18	12

Hits	31	21

Singles	19	12

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	19	13

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	8

Strikeouts	35	24

Batting Average	.248	.237

On Base Pct	.342	.305

Slugging Pct	.443	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	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
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#286	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#234	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#313
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#395
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#359
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#331
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#279	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#242
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#359
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Michael Busch (2026)

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