Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rortvedt for Cesar Salazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1208	‐

Projections

Runs	3	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	3	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.209	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	20	18

Runs	0	0

Hits	3	1

Singles	3	1

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	3

Strikeouts	5	3

Batting Average	.150	.056

On Base Pct	.150	.227

Slugging Pct	.150	.056

On-base Plus Slugging	.300	.283

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	30	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	6	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.209	‐

On Base Pct	.291	‐

Slugging Pct	.334	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.625	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
News
	The Dodgers selected the contract of Ben Rortvedt. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Astros sent Cesar Salazar outright to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Ben Rortvedt will be activated by the Dodgers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Astros designated Cesar Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Mets are trading catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Dodgers for RHP Chayce McDermott. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Astros outrighted C César Salazar to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	The Mets outrighted C Ben Rortvedt to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th	The Astros designated C César Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Mets designated C Ben Rortvedt for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Astros catcher Cesar Salazar has not made the club's Opening Day roster, according to manager Joe Espada. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD			Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

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Ben Rortvedt for Cesar Salazar (2026)

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