Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rortvedt for J.C. Escarra (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	J.C. Escarra C - NYY	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	# 1332	# 1208

Projections

Runs	0	3
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	0	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.096	.209

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	J.C. Escarra C - NYY	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	85	20

Runs	8	0

Hits	16	3

Singles	10	3

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	7	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	0

Strikeouts	18	5

Batting Average	.188	.150

On Base Pct	.239	.150

Slugging Pct	.271	.150

On-base Plus Slugging	.510	.300

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	J.C. Escarra C - NYY	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	3	30

Runs	0	3

Hits	0	6

Singles	0	4

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	0	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	3

Strikeouts	0	8

Batting Average	.096	.209

On Base Pct	.151	.291

Slugging Pct	.127	.334

On-base Plus Slugging	.278	.625

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	J.C. Escarra C - NYY	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
News
	The Yankees optioned C J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Dodgers selected the contract of Ben Rortvedt. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Yankees recalled C J.C. Escarra from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Ben Rortvedt will be activated by the Dodgers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Yankees optioned C J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Mets are trading catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Dodgers for RHP Chayce McDermott. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Yankees recalled C J.C. Escarra from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	The Mets outrighted C Ben Rortvedt to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	J.C. Escarra went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 13-4 win over the Royals with a double, a triple, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Apr 19th	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
	J.C. Escarra C - NYY			Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

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Ben Rortvedt for J.C. Escarra (2026)

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