Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rortvedt for Elias Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elias Diaz C - TEX	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1183	# 1208

Projections

Runs	4	3
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	4	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.226	.209

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 244	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elias Diaz C - TEX	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	167	20

Runs	16	0

Hits	38	3

Singles	23	3

Doubles	9	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	22	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	0

Strikeouts	40	5

Batting Average	.228	.150

On Base Pct	.251	.150

Slugging Pct	.389	.150

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.300

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elias Diaz C - TEX	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	37	30

Runs	4	3

Hits	8	6

Singles	6	4

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	4	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	3

Strikeouts	10	8

Batting Average	.226	.209

On Base Pct	.278	.291

Slugging Pct	.360	.334

On-base Plus Slugging	.638	.625

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elias Diaz C - TEX	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
News
	Elias Diaz went 1-for-2 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Dodgers selected the contract of Ben Rortvedt. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Elias Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Ben Rortvedt will be activated by the Dodgers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Elias Diaz is not in the Rangers lineup on Tuesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Mets are trading catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Dodgers for RHP Chayce McDermott. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Elias Diaz went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, a walk, and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. He opened the scoring with a 414-foot solo shot in the second inning, giving him homers in consecutive games after going 18 contests without one following his June 5 arrival in Texas. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd	The Mets outrighted C Ben Rortvedt to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Elias Diaz signed a major league contract with the Texas Rangers on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th	The Mets designated C Ben Rortvedt for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elias Diaz C - TEX			Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs WSH
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 (11-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rortvedt for Elias Diaz (2026)

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