Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	‐
VBR	# 146	# 458

Projections

Runs	15	12
Home Runs	5	4
RBI	18	13
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.254	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	# 337

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	301	43

Runs	34	6

Hits	71	12

Singles	50	6

Doubles	13	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	35	9

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	37	1

Strikeouts	60	10

Batting Average	.236	.279

On Base Pct	.320	.296

Slugging Pct	.352	.651

On-base Plus Slugging	.672	.947

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	118	88

Runs	15	12

Hits	30	21

Singles	19	12

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	4

RBI	18	13

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	8

Strikeouts	21	24

Batting Average	.254	.237

On Base Pct	.331	.305

Slugging Pct	.434	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	The Royals activated 1B Vinnie Pasquantino from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	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 Royals could activate Vinnie Pasquantino from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	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
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-5 in his first rehab game on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 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
	Vinnie Pasquantino will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Vinnie Pasquantino is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#314
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#396
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#224	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

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