Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Murray for Joey Ortiz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 271	‐
VBR	# 382	‐

Projections

Runs	5	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.241	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 264	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 259	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 258	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 352	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Ethan Murray SS - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	325	‐

Runs	41	‐

Hits	83	‐

Singles	59	‐

Doubles	13	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	42	‐

Stolen Bases	9	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	32	‐

Strikeouts	69	‐

Batting Average	.255	‐

On Base Pct	.318	‐

Slugging Pct	.388	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.705	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Ethan Murray SS - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	42	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	10	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.241	‐

On Base Pct	.301	‐

Slugging Pct	.357	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.658	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Ethan Murray SS - MIL
News
	Joey Ortiz went 2-for-4 in Tuesday’s 9-4 win over the Cubs with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Sep 2nd
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL			Ethan Murray SS - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#283	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#283
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#167	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#167
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#402	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#402
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Murray for Joey Ortiz (2026)

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