Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Joey Ortiz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Carlos Vargas 3B,SS - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 266	‐
VBR	# 282	‐

Projections

Runs	9	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	8	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.252	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 264	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 259	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 249	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 352	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Carlos Vargas 3B,SS - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	288	‐

Runs	38	‐

Hits	71	‐

Singles	50	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	38	‐

Stolen Bases	9	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	30	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Batting Average	.247	‐

On Base Pct	.313	‐

Slugging Pct	.375	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Carlos Vargas 3B,SS - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	69	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	17	‐

Singles	12	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Batting Average	.252	‐

On Base Pct	.313	‐

Slugging Pct	.390	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Carlos Vargas 3B,SS - FA
News
	Joey Ortiz went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st
	Joey Ortiz went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Joey Ortiz went 2-for-4 in Tuesday’s 22-0 win over the Mariners with one walk and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th
	Joey Ortiz went 1-for-4 in a win over the Dodgers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Joey Ortiz is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL			Carlos Vargas 3B,SS - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Joey Ortiz (2026)

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