Fantasy Baseball Profile

Fantasy Baseball Player Profile

Ben Rortvedt
Tampa Bay Rays
C: 31 DH: 1
2024 Projected Value: $0
2024 Actual Value: $4 Difference: $4
Based on 10-team AL-only league

Player Stats Daily Log

Year	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	Rate
2024 proj	39	6	4	1	3	4	12	0	0.154	-0.6
2024	70	21	13	0	8	15	22	1	0.300	15.6
2023	68	8	6	2	4	11	19	0	0.118	-2.5
2021	89	15	8	3	7	6	29	0	0.169	-0.5

Player News

Date	News
5/10/24	Rays' Taj Bradley set for season debut vs. Yankees. Sitting at .500 and in fourth place in the American League East, the Tampa Bay Rays have a chance to make up some ground in the ultra-competitive division. On a 5-1 hot streak to begin a nine-game homestand, the Rays will open a three-game weekend series against the second-place New York Yankees on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Tampa Bay acquired catcher Ben Rortvedt from New York in a three-team trade that also involved the Miami Marlins on March 27. The 26-year-old Wisconsin native has stepped in and earned the starting job behind the plate. Source: https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/rays-taj-b...
5/01/24	Verona native Ben Rortvedt appears to have found a permanent home with Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt, a native of the Madison area, got to play at American Family Field for the first time in his MLB career. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/verona-native-ben-rortved...
4/25/24	Rays’ Ben Rortvedt will return home to Wisconsin with new lease on career. ST. PETERSBURG — Ben Rortvedt doesn’t have to send his mom a birthday card this year. The Rays catcher will be able to hand it to her and celebrate the occasion with a large group of family and friends next week. For the first time as a major-leaguer, Rortvedt will have the chance to return to his native Wisconsin and play in the park where he watched Brewers games as a boy when the Rays visit ... Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/rays-ben-rortvedt-return-...
4/23/24	Ben Rortvedt: A hit with Tampa Bay Rays. Ben Rortvedt came in under the radar to the Tampa Bay Rays. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/ben-rortvedt-hit-tampa-ba...
4/06/24	Rays Rally To Even Series With Rockies. The Tampa Bay Rays (4-5) defeated the Colorado Rockies (2-7) 8-6 on Saturday night in Denver. The win evens the three game series at one game apiece after Colorado won their home opener on Friday night. The Rays got a run in the first, but the Rockies had a huge answer, building a 6-1 lead going into the seventh inning. Tampa Bay got two in the seventh thanks to a two-run double from Ben Rortvedt before flipping the game in the eighth inning. Tampa Bay put five runs together in the eighth inning to take an 8-6 lead that would prove to be the difference. The Rays will now look to win the series against the Rockies when the two teams meet in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. First pitch Sunday Source: https://969thegame.iheart.com/content/2024-04-06-r...
2/27/24	Ben Rortvedt trying to hit his way into Yankees' plans … and so far, so good. Yankees catcher Ben Rortvedt hates being known as a good receiver who can't hit. It's not true, he'll tell you, even though the left-handed hitter sports a career .147 average in 157 at-bats over two seasons after hitting .118 in 32 Yankees games last year. “Oh absolutely, I'm a better hitter than I've shown,” Rortvedt said. Rortvedt has shown that he can be a productive hitter in the minors and he looked good at the plate Monday going 2-for-2 with two hard singles in the Yankees' 9-2 Grapefruit League win over the Twins. Source: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2024/02/ben-rortvedt-tr...
11/16/23	Yankees 2023 Roster Report Card: Ben Rortvedt. Before May of this past season, there was a joke around here and other parts of Yankees internet that Ben Rortvedt did not actually exist. The third piece of the trade with the Twins that brought Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa to New York, Rortvedt was seemingly acquired to be the backup catcher in 2022. In his place, the Yankees acquired Jose Trevino, who took the bull by the horns and put in an All-Star first half. Rortvedt suddenly found himself as the third string catcher, and playing in Triple-A in 2022 and the start of 2023. Source: https://www.pinstripealley.com/2023/11/16/23959614...
8/23/23	New York Yankees mired in longest losing streak in over 40 years. The nine-game losing streak puts the team in their deepest slump in over four decades. The Yankees last won a game on August 11 against the Miami Marlins. No player on the Yankees' active roster was alive when the team last lost nine games in a row from September 13 to 21, 1982. A sputtering offense was once again at fault Tuesday, as the Yankees' batters mustered only two hits in the game, both coming from Ben Rortvedt, including a solo home run. Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/08/23/new-york-yankees-...
8/23/23	Yankees look to avoid historic mark of futility vs. Nats. The New York Yankees are in the midst of their longest losing streak in more than 40 years. Standing in their way are the Washington Nationals, whom the Yankees will host Wednesday night while searching for their first win since Aug. 11 -- a stretch of nine straight losses. In that time, New York has gone from four games over .500 to five game under -- getting outscored 53-21 along the way. The Yankees lost 2-1 to Washington on Tuesday night, with Ben Rortvedt homering and collecting both of the club's two hits. Source: https://www.newyorkcitynews.net/news/273940769/yan...
5/23/23	Yankees fans joked he didn't exist ... and he loved the internet gag. Ben Rortvedt, the internet joke went, doesn't actually exist: He was a catching Sidd Finch, Yankees fans joked — a legend of the minor leagues whose career was always derailed by injuries just as he was about to make his pinstripe debut. Called up from Triple-A Scranton with starting catcher Jose Trevino nursing a hamstring strain, Rortvedt was in the Yankees' lineup in Cincinnati and went 2-for-4 with a double in a 7-4 victory on Saturday. Source: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/05/yankees-fans-jo...
5/22/23	We can confirm: Ben Rortvedt is real! (And he had a good debut). No content provided Source: https://www.mlb.com/news/ben-rortvedt-finally-make...
3/31/23	Yankees, thin behind the plate, add a catcher for insurance. With Ben Rortvedt's return still uncertain, the Yankees need catching depth, so the club signed José Godoy to a minor league contract on Thursday, according to Baseball America's Chris Hilburn-Trenkle. Godoy was released by the Angels this month. Jose Trevino and Kyle Higashioka were the only healthy catchers on the 40-man roster, but now Godoy joins Nick Ciuffo as non-roster players with MLB experience. Source: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/03/yankees-thin-be...
3/22/23	Ben Rortvedt recovering and progressing after aneurysm. TAMPA — Ben Rortvedt has seen the jokes. The Yankees catcher is not big on social media these days, but he’s aware that a portion of fans playfully question his existence online. They do so because injuries have prevented the 25-year-old from seeing too much action since the Yankees acquired him, Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa last March in the trade that sent Gary Sanchez and Gio ... Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/ben-rortvedt-recovering-p...
3/07/23	Around the Empire: Yankees news. MLB Trade Rumors \| Darragh McDonald: With all of Ben Rortvedt, Josh Breaux, and Austin Wells banged up and Kyle Higashioka on his way to join Team USA for the World Baseball Classic, the Yankees suddenly found themselves very light on catching depth behind Jose Trevino. The new catcher in camp is Nick Ciuffo, who signed a minor league contract with the Yankees on Monday. Source: https://www.pinstripealley.com/2023/3/8/23629915/y...
3/03/23	Around the Empire: Yankees news. An elbow injury will keep Breaux from throwing for at least the next few weeks. This, after the club already lost Austin Wells and Ben Rortvedt. Here's hoping Breaux's recovery is quick and smooth. MLB Trade Rumors \| Darragh McDonald: Given the news on Breaux, it is unsurprising that the Yankees will be looking for depth at catcher, especially with Kyle Higashioka headed to the World Baseball Classic. Source: https://www.pinstripealley.com/2023/3/3/23622884/m...
2/26/23	Yankees C Ben Rortvedt out at least a month. New York Yankees catcher Ben Rortvedt is out for at least a month due to a circulation issue. Rortvedt, 25, underwent surgery earlier this week to treat an aneurysm of the posterior artery near his left shoulder, manager Aaron Boone told reporters. Prior to the procedure, the situation had caused Rortvedt's left index finger to become sore and discolored. "Hopefully at the end of spring training, (I will be) starting to work into things again," Rortvedt said Saturday at the team facilities in Tampa, Fla., per the New York Post. Source: https://www.newyorkcitynews.net/news/273570140/yan...
2/26/23	Yankees' Ben Rortvedt to miss at least a month with 'bizarre' injury. For a second straight season, Yankees catcher Ben Rortvedt has been struck by injuries, this time both “bizarre” and “frustrating.” Source: https://nypost.com/2023/02/26/yankees-ben-rortvedt...
5/18/22	Yankees C Ben Rortvedt recovering from knee surgery. New York Yankees catcher Ben Rortvedt is recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad performed a meniscus clean-up procedure Tuesday in New York. Rortvedt, 24, is expected to be sidelined for 6-8 weeks. Source: https://www.northcarolinadaily.com/news/272556770/...
5/13/22	Yankees catcher Ben Rortvedt has knee injury, rehab paused: report. Ben Rortvedt is dealing with a new injury and the Yankees have paused his rehab. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/yankees-catcher-ben-rortv...
4/07/22	Yankees place C Ben Rortvedt (oblique) on 10-day IL. New York Yankees catcher Ben Rortvedt landed on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a strained right oblique muscle. The Yankees also selected infielder/outfielder Marwin Gonzalez to the 40-man roster and signed him to a major league contract. Outfielder Jeisson Rosario was designated for assignment in a corresponding transaction. Source: https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272460538/yank...

TG Fantasy Baseball