Matt Festa or Paxton Schultz

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Matt Festa or Paxton Schultz Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	64	27

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	65.0	32.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	64	42

Earned Runs	25	23

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	69	32

Walks	20	12

ERA	3.46	6.40

WHIP	1.29	1.67

Matt Festa or Paxton Schultz Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	58	34

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	58.1	39.6

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	1

Hits Allowed	52	38

Earned Runs	27	21

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	58	38

Walks	22	16

ERA	4.24	4.84

WHIP	1.27	1.37

Matt Festa or Paxton Schultz Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
News
	Matt Festa worked around a walk and punched out one to secure the save in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Royals. He tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the appearance. Matthew Adam Thu, Apr 9th	The Nationals optioned Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
		The Nationals recalled Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
		The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
		The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
		The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Matt Festa or Paxton Schultz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Festa RP - CLE			Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#93	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#163
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#108	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#111	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#80	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#295	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#133	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#140
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#114	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#216
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#208
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#216
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#164	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#33
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#126	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#185	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#64
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#239
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#75	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#232
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#296
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#105	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#275	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#90
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#295	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#273	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#227
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#141	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#157	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#93	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#168	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#295
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#64	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#198	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#120	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#129	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#158
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#159	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#297
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#297	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#132	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#72	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#208	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#315
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#75	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#89
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#249	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#96
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#196	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#243	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#130
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#158	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#63
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#349
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#243
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#63
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#237	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#126	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#65	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#214
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#22
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#288	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#27
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#230	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#44
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#28
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#85
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#219
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#141	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#358	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#107	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#204
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#75
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#152
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#237	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#301
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#158
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#130
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET	River Ryan (0-0)	#123