Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rortvedt for Jimmy Crooks III (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 367	‐
VBR	# 1123	# 1208

Projections

Runs	5	3
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	5	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.228	.209

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 324	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 438	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	126	20

Runs	9	0

Hits	22	3

Singles	13	3

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	0

Strikeouts	45	5

Batting Average	.175	.150

On Base Pct	.250	.150

Slugging Pct	.310	.150

On-base Plus Slugging	.560	.300

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	42	30

Runs	5	3

Hits	10	6

Singles	6	4

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	5	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	3

Strikeouts	13	8

Batting Average	.228	.209

On Base Pct	.302	.291

Slugging Pct	.365	.334

On-base Plus Slugging	.667	.625

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
News
	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-4 in a win over the Yankees with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th	The Dodgers selected the contract of Ben Rortvedt. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-1 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th	Ben Rortvedt will be activated by the Dodgers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-1 in a win over Atlanta with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Mets are trading catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Dodgers for RHP Chayce McDermott. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-4 in Thursday's 5-4 loss to the Mets with a home run, one run scored and two RBI while striking out once. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	The Mets outrighted C Ben Rortvedt to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	The Cardinals recalled Jimmy Crooks III from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	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
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL			Ben Rortvedt C - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rortvedt for Jimmy Crooks III (2026)

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