Who Should I Trade?

Christian Bethancourt for Rafael Ortega (2024)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Bethancourt C - CHC	Rafael Ortega CF,LF - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 434	‐

Projections

Runs	2	10
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	2	7
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.240	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher FantasyPros	# 326	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Bethancourt C - CHC	Rafael Ortega CF,LF - CWS
2024 Stats


At Bats	128	14

Runs	18	4

Hits	26	1

Singles	14	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	22	1

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	2

Strikeouts	33	4

Batting Average	.203	.071

On Base Pct	.239	.177

Slugging Pct	.375	.071

On-base Plus Slugging	.614	.248

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Bethancourt C - CHC	Rafael Ortega CF,LF - CWS
2024 Projections


At Bats	15	75

Runs	2	10

Hits	4	16

Singles	2	11

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	2	7

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	8

Strikeouts	4	1

Batting Average	.240	.215

On Base Pct	.279	.292

Slugging Pct	.416	.315

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	.607

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Bethancourt C - CHC	Rafael Ortega CF,LF - CWS
News
	Christian Bethancourt is in the starting lineup for the Cubs Saturday. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 31st	The White Sox sent Rafael Ortega outright to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, May 18th
	Christian Bethancourt had a standout performance in the Cubs' 14-10 win over the Pirates, going 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, three runs scored, seven RBI, and a stolen base. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 28th	The White Sox have designated Rafael Ortega for assignment. Jesse Garcia Wed, May 15th
	Christian Bethancourt is in the starting lineup for the Cubs Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 28th	The White Sox have selected the contract of Rafael Ortega from Triple-A Charlotte. Jesse Garcia Fri, Apr 26th
	Christian Bethancourt went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in the Cubs' 8-2 loss to the Tigers. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 22nd
	Christian Bethancourt is in the starting lineup for the Cubs Tuesday. Jesse Garcia Tue, Aug 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Bethancourt C - CHC			Rafael Ortega CF,LF - CWS
Thu, Mar 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-8)	#34	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (17-4)	#1
Sat, Mar 30th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (6-3)	#52	vs DET	Kenta Maeda (3-6)	#137
Sun, Mar 31st	@ TEX	Jon Gray (5-6)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (12-7)	#44
Mon, Apr 1st	vs COL	Dakota Hudson (2-12)		vs ATL	Charlie Morton (8-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 2nd	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (5-7)	#339	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (8-5)	#121
Wed, Apr 3rd	vs COL	Cal Quantrill (8-10)	#345
Fri, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Bobby Miller (2-4)	#89	@ KC	Brady Singer (9-11)	#67
Sat, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-2)	#10	@ KC	Michael Wacha (13-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Gavin Stone (11-5)	#247	@ KC	Alec Marsh (8-9)	#141
Mon, Apr 8th	@ SD	Yu Darvish (6-3)	#51	@ CLE	Triston McKenzie (3-5)	#174
Tue, Apr 9th	@ SD	Joe Musgrove (6-5)	#41	@ CLE	Logan Allen (8-5)	#211
Wed, Apr 10th	@ SD	Dylan Cease (14-11)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (11-8)	#29
Fri, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (11-8)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (10-10)	#296
Sat, Apr 13th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (3-4)	#301	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (9-6)
Sun, Apr 14th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (11-12)	#107	vs CIN	Graham Ashcraft (5-5)
Mon, Apr 15th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (4-0)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (16-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 16th	@ ARI	Tommy Henry (2-3)	#195
Wed, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (9-9)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (13-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 19th	vs MIA	A.J. Puk (4-8)	#142	@ PHI	Spencer Turnbull (3-0)	#228
Sat, Apr 20th	vs MIA	Roddery Munoz (2-7)	#332	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (16-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 21st	vs MIA	Edward Cabrera (4-7)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (12-8)	#22
Tue, Apr 23rd	vs HOU	J.P. France (0-3)		@ MIN	Pablo Lopez (15-8)	#16
Wed, Apr 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-13)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-7)
Thu, Apr 25th	vs HOU	Justin Verlander (4-6)	#49	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (5-5)	#250
Fri, Apr 26th	@ BOS	Kutter Crawford (8-15)	#69	vs TB	Zach Eflin (10-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 27th	@ BOS	Josh Winckowski (4-2)	#136	vs TB	Aaron Civale (7-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 28th	@ BOS	Tanner Houck (8-10)	#66	vs TB	Zack Littell (7-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 29th	@ NYM	Luis Severino (10-6)	#91	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-7)
Tue, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (11-5)	#56	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (5-5)	#250
Wed, May 1st	@ NYM	Jose Butto (7-3)	#149	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (12-7)	#32
Thu, May 2nd	@ NYM	Adrian Houser (1-5)
Fri, May 3rd	vs MIL	Joe Ross (2-6)	#180	@ STL	Sonny Gray (13-9)	#13
Sat, May 4th	vs MIL	Tobias Myers (8-5)	#95	@ STL	Lance Lynn (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 5th	vs MIL	Freddy Peralta (11-8)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#186
Mon, May 6th	vs SD	Yu Darvish (6-3)	#51	@ TB	Tyler Alexander (6-5)	#102
Tue, May 7th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (4-7)	#303	@ TB	Zach Eflin (10-9)	#24
Wed, May 8th	vs SD	Dylan Cease (14-11)	#19	@ TB	Aaron Civale (7-8)	#72
Fri, May 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (6-7)	#114	vs CLE	Carlos Carrasco (3-10)	#291
Sat, May 11th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-3)	#7	vs CLE	Triston McKenzie (3-5)	#174
Sun, May 12th	@ PIT	Bailey Falter (8-8)	#110	vs CLE	Logan Allen (8-5)	#211
Mon, May 13th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (8-5)	#121
Tue, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (17-3)	#3	vs WSH	Mitchell Parker (7-10)	#150
Wed, May 15th	@ ATL	Charlie Morton (8-8)	#86	vs WSH	Patrick Corbin (6-13)	#330
Thu, May 16th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (6-7)	#114
Fri, May 17th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-3)	#7	@ NYY	Nestor Cortes Jr. (9-10)	#35
Sat, May 18th	vs PIT	Bailey Falter (8-8)	#110	@ NYY	Luis Gil (14-6)	#43
Sun, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (11-10)	#79	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (15-9)	#36
Tue, May 21st	vs ATL	Charlie Morton (8-8)	#86	@ TOR	Yusei Kikuchi (9-9)	#27
Wed, May 22nd	vs ATL	Max Fried (9-10)	#18	@ TOR	Chris Bassitt (10-13)	#50
Thu, May 23rd	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#205	vs BAL	Grayson Rodriguez (13-4)	#147
Sat, May 25th	@ STL	Miles Mikolas (8-11)	#76	vs BAL	Albert Suarez (8-6)	#120
Sun, May 26th	@ STL	Sonny Gray (13-9)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-0)
Mon, May 27th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-0)		vs TOR	Chris Bassitt (10-13)	#50
Tue, May 28th	@ MIL	Freddy Peralta (11-8)	#30	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (12-11)	#15
Wed, May 29th	@ MIL	Bryse Wilson (5-4)	#206	vs TOR	Alek Manoah (1-2)
Thu, May 30th	@ MIL	Colin Rea (12-5)	#159
Fri, May 31st	vs CIN	Graham Ashcraft (5-5)		@ MIL	Tobias Myers (8-5)	#95
Sat, Jun 1st	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (9-4)		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-0)
Sun, Jun 2nd	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (9-6)		@ MIL	Freddy Peralta (11-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 4th	vs CWS	Chris Flexen (2-14)	#340	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (14-3)	#17
Wed, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#71	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (10-8)	#65
Thu, Jun 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (9-4)		vs BOS	Tanner Houck (8-10)	#66
Fri, Jun 7th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (9-6)		vs BOS	Cooper Criswell (6-4)	#314
Sat, Jun 8th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (10-10)	#296	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (14-7)	#90
Sun, Jun 9th	@ CIN	Frankie Montas (7-11)	#64	vs BOS	Zack Kelly (6-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 11th	@ TB	Zach Eflin (10-9)	#24	@ SEA	Jhonathan Diaz (0-1)	#163
Wed, Jun 12th	@ TB	Aaron Civale (7-8)	#72	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (11-8)	#28
Thu, Jun 13th	@ TB	Taj Bradley (6-11)	#47	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (3-4)	#301
Fri, Jun 14th	vs STL	Kyle Gibson (8-7)	#97	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (10-6)	#273
Sat, Jun 15th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (7-8)	#307	@ ARI	Scott McGough
Sun, Jun 16th	vs STL	Miles Mikolas (8-11)	#76	@ ARI	Jordan Montgomery (8-7)	#92
Mon, Jun 17th	vs SF	Jordan Hicks (4-7)	#148
Tue, Jun 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (12-10)	#11	vs HOU	Framber Valdez (14-7)	#23
Wed, Jun 19th	vs SF	Erik Miller (4-5)	#130	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (11-8)	#48
Fri, Jun 21st	vs NYM	Jose Quintana (10-9)	#129	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (12-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 22nd	vs NYM	Tylor Megill (4-5)	#85	@ DET	Kenta Maeda (3-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 23rd	vs NYM	Luis Severino (10-6)	#91	@ DET	Reese Olson (4-8)	#103
Mon, Jun 24th	@ SF	Erik Miller (4-5)	#130	vs LAD	James Paxton (9-3)
Tue, Jun 25th	@ SF	Randy Rodriguez (3-2)		vs LAD	Bobby Miller (2-4)	#89
Wed, Jun 26th	@ SF	Hayden Birdsong (4-5)	#238	vs LAD	Gavin Stone (11-5)	#247
Thu, Jun 27th	@ SF	Jordan Hicks (4-7)	#148	vs ATL	Chris Sale (17-3)	#3
Fri, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Colin Rea (12-5)	#159	vs COL	Dakota Hudson (2-12)
Sat, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Tobias Myers (8-5)	#95	vs COL	Cal Quantrill (8-10)	#345
Sun, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Freddy Peralta (11-8)	#30	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (5-7)	#339
Tue, Jul 2nd	vs PHI	Michael Mercado (1-2)	#289	@ CLE	Carlos Carrasco (3-10)	#291
Wed, Jul 3rd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (16-6)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (3-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (10-9)	#21	@ CLE	Ben Lively (12-9)	#105
Fri, Jul 5th	vs LAA	Griffin Canning (6-13)	#116	@ MIA	Bryan Hoeing (2-3)	#178
Sat, Jul 6th	vs LAA	Tyler Anderson (10-13)	#122	@ MIA	Yonny Chirinos (0-2)
Sun, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-7)		@ MIA	Edward Cabrera (4-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (7-10)	#93
Wed, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Corbin Burnes (14-8)	#12	vs MIN	Pablo Lopez (15-8)	#16
Thu, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Albert Suarez (8-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 12th	@ STL	Sonny Gray (13-9)	#13	vs PIT	Marco Gonzales (1-1)
Sat, Jul 13th	@ STL	Kyle Gibson (8-7)	#97	vs PIT	Luis L. Ortiz (6-6)	#152
Sun, Jul 14th	@ STL	Miles Mikolas (8-11)	#76	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (11-10)	#79
Fri, Jul 19th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (10-6)	#273	@ KC	Michael Wacha (13-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 20th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (12-6)	#26	@ KC	Brady Singer (9-11)	#67
Sun, Jul 21st	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (9-9)	#46	@ KC	Seth Lugo (16-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 22nd	vs MIL	Tobias Myers (8-5)	#95	@ TEX	Michael Lorenzen (7-6)	#326
Tue, Jul 23rd	vs MIL	Colin Rea (12-5)	#159	@ TEX	Jon Gray (5-6)
Wed, Jul 24th	vs MIL	Rob Zastryzny (1-0)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 26th	@ KC	Brady Singer (9-11)	#67	vs SEA	George Kirby (12-11)	#5
Sat, Jul 27th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (16-8)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-3)	#31
Sun, Jul 28th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (11-9)	#20	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (11-8)	#28
Mon, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Carson Spiers (5-6)	#325	vs KC	Alec Marsh (8-9)	#141
Tue, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Tony Santillan		vs KC	Michael Wacha (13-7)	#68
Wed, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (9-6)		vs KC	Brady Singer (9-11)	#67
Thu, Aug 1st	vs STL	Sonny Gray (13-9)	#13
Fri, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-7)
Sat, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Kyle Gibson (8-7)	#97	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (12-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 4th	vs STL	Miles Mikolas (8-11)	#76	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (5-5)	#250
Mon, Aug 5th	vs MIN	David Festa (2-6)	#104	@ OAK	JP Sears (11-11)	#100
Tue, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Pablo Lopez (15-8)	#16	@ OAK	Ross Stripling (2-11)	#167
Wed, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-7)		@ OAK	Joey Estes (7-8)	#268
Fri, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Garrett Crochet (6-12)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (10-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 10th	@ CWS	Chris Flexen (2-14)	#340	vs CHC	Justin Steele (5-5)	#33
Mon, Aug 12th	@ CLE	Ben Lively (12-9)	#105	vs NYY	Luis Gil (14-6)	#43
Tue, Aug 13th	@ CLE	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#53	vs NYY	Nestor Cortes Jr. (9-10)	#35
Wed, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Alex Cobb (2-1)	#154	vs NYY	Will Warren (0-3)	#223
Fri, Aug 16th	vs TOR	Yariel Rodriguez (1-6)	#111	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-13)	#99
Sat, Aug 17th	vs TOR	Chris Bassitt (10-13)	#50	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (11-8)	#48
Sun, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Bowden Francis (8-5)	#75	@ HOU	Framber Valdez (14-7)	#23
Tue, Aug 20th	vs DET	Alex Faedo (5-3)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-2)	#77
Wed, Aug 21st	vs DET	Beau Brieske (2-4)	#188	@ SF	Logan Webb (12-10)	#11
Thu, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Tyler Holton (7-1)	#145
Fri, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (3-5)	#173	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Valente Bellozo (2-4)	#337	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (17-4)	#1
Sun, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Adam Oller (1-4)	#343	vs DET	Beau Brieske (2-4)	#188
Mon, Aug 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (11-10)	#79	vs DET	Ty Madden (1-1)	#190
Tue, Aug 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (6-7)	#114
Wed, Aug 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-3)	#7	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (0-2)	#284
Fri, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (10-12)	#143	vs NYM	Tylor Megill (4-5)	#85
Sat, Aug 31st	@ WSH	DJ Herz (4-8)	#132	vs NYM	Jose Quintana (10-9)	#129
Sun, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Mitchell Parker (7-10)	#150	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (11-5)	#56
Mon, Sep 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (6-7)	#114	@ BAL	Corbin Burnes (14-8)	#12
Tue, Sep 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-3)	#7	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-9)	#134
Wed, Sep 4th	vs PIT	Domingo German (0-1)		@ BAL	Albert Suarez (8-6)	#120
Fri, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (14-6)	#43	@ BOS	Nick Pivetta (5-11)	#40
Sat, Sep 7th	vs NYY	Clarke Schmidt (5-3)	#54	@ BOS	Cooper Criswell (6-4)	#314
Sun, Sep 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#8	@ BOS	Richard Fitts (0-0)	#229
Mon, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Walker Buehler (1-5)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (2-3)	#124
Tue, Sep 10th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-2)	#10	vs CLE	Ben Lively (12-9)	#105
Wed, Sep 11th	@ LAD	Bobby Miller (2-4)	#89	vs CLE	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#53
Fri, Sep 13th	@ COL	Austin Gomber (5-11)	#344	vs OAK	Brady Basso (1-0)	#101
Sat, Sep 14th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (5-7)	#339	vs OAK	J.T. Ginn (0-1)	#208
Sun, Sep 15th	@ COL	Cal Quantrill (8-10)	#345	vs OAK	JP Sears (11-11)	#100
Mon, Sep 16th	vs OAK	Joey Estes (7-8)	#268	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-7)	#70
Tue, Sep 17th	vs OAK	Mitch Spence (8-9)	#118	@ LAA	Griffin Canning (6-13)	#116
Wed, Sep 18th	vs OAK	Brady Basso (1-0)	#101	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)	#342
Thu, Sep 19th	vs WSH	Patrick Corbin (6-13)	#330
Fri, Sep 20th	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (5-0)	#200	@ SD	Joe Musgrove (6-5)	#41
Sat, Sep 21st	vs WSH	MacKenzie Gore (9-12)	#58	@ SD	Martin Perez (4-5)	#113
Sun, Sep 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (10-12)	#143	@ SD	Yu Darvish (6-3)	#51
Mon, Sep 23rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (12-8)	#22
Tue, Sep 24th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (3-6)	#329	vs LAA	Griffin Canning (6-13)	#116
Wed, Sep 25th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (10-9)	#21	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)	#342
Fri, Sep 27th	vs CIN	Nick Martinez (9-6)	#80	@ DET
Sat, Sep 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (1-2)	#230	@ DET	Reese Olson (4-8)	#103
Sun, Sep 29th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (9-4)		@ DET	Casey Mize (2-6)	#117
Thu, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (16-8)	#42
Mon, Apr 22nd				@ MIN	Chris Paddack (5-3)	#196
Thu, May 9th				vs CLE	Ben Lively (12-9)	#105
Mon, May 20th				@ TOR	Jose Berrios (16-9)	#59
Fri, May 24th				vs BAL	Corbin Burnes (14-8)	#12
Mon, Jun 10th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-11)	#4
Thu, Jun 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-13)	#99
Mon, Jul 8th				vs MIN	Chris Paddack (5-3)	#196
Thu, Jul 25th				@ TEX	Max Scherzer (2-4)	#38
Mon, Aug 19th				@ SF	Kyle Harrison (7-7)	#235
Thu, Aug 29th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-8)	#34
Thu, Sep 26th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Bethancourt for Rafael Ortega (2024)

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