Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rortvedt for Endy Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 296	‐
VBR	# 792	# 1208

Projections

Runs	6	3
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	5	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.235	.209

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 386	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 174	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	135	20

Runs	20	0

Hits	36	3

Singles	23	3

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	20	1

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	0

Strikeouts	41	5

Batting Average	.267	.150

On Base Pct	.373	.150

Slugging Pct	.467	.150

On-base Plus Slugging	.840	.300

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	46	30

Runs	6	3

Hits	11	6

Singles	7	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	5	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	3

Strikeouts	12	8

Batting Average	.235	.209

On Base Pct	.308	.291

Slugging Pct	.373	.334

On-base Plus Slugging	.681	.625

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
News
	Endy Rodriguez is getting second opinions for his left hip. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Dodgers selected the contract of Ben Rortvedt. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Pirates placed C Endy Rodríguez on the 10-day injured list with left hip inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Ben Rortvedt will be activated by the Dodgers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Endy Rodriguez remains out of the Pirates lineup on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Mets are trading catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Dodgers for RHP Chayce McDermott. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Endy Rodriguez is not in the Pirates lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Mets outrighted C Ben Rortvedt to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Endy Rodriguez is not in the Pirates lineup on Sunday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	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
	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT			Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rortvedt for Endy Rodriguez (2026)

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