Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 458	# 1274

Projections

Runs	12	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	13	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.237	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 435

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 337	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	40	55

Runs	6	8

Hits	12	12

Singles	6	5

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	9	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	5

Strikeouts	10	17

Batting Average	.300	.218

On Base Pct	.317	.283

Slugging Pct	.700	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	1.017	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	88	5

Runs	12	1

Hits	21	1

Singles	12	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	13	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	0

Strikeouts	24	1

Batting Average	.237	.214

On Base Pct	.305	.259

Slugging Pct	.428	.275

On-base Plus Slugging	.733	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
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 Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	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	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#319
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#313	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#395	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#390
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#211
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#359
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#202
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#359	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#331	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#214
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	vs KC	Daniel Lynch
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#242	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Ryan Ward (2026)

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