Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rortvedt for Danny Jansen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Danny Jansen C - TEX	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 320	‐
VBR	# 1141	# 1198

Projections

Runs	5	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	5	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.205	.210

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 268	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 325	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 409	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Danny Jansen C - TEX	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	136	23

Runs	13	0

Hits	23	4

Singles	11	4

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	15	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	0

Strikeouts	46	7

Batting Average	.169	.174

On Base Pct	.266	.174

Slugging Pct	.324	.174

On-base Plus Slugging	.590	.348

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Danny Jansen C - TEX	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	41	30

Runs	5	3

Hits	8	6

Singles	5	4

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	5	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	3

Strikeouts	12	8

Batting Average	.205	.210

On Base Pct	.304	.283

Slugging Pct	.375	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.617

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Danny Jansen C - TEX	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
News
	Danny Jansen went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's loss to the White Sox with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th	The Dodgers selected the contract of Ben Rortvedt. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Rangers activated Danny Jansen from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Ben Rortvedt will be activated by the Dodgers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Danny Jansen is expected to begin a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	The Mets are trading catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Dodgers for RHP Chayce McDermott. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Rangers placed C Danny Jansen on the 10-day injured list with a strained right forearm. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	The Mets outrighted C Ben Rortvedt to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Danny Jansen went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	The Mets designated C Ben Rortvedt for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Danny Jansen C - TEX			Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#284	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#192
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#263
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

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Ben Rortvedt for Danny Jansen (2026)

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