Paxton Schultz or Riley O'Brien
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| Riley O'Brien RP - STL  | Paxton Schultz RP - WSH  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 25 | 16 |
| Games Started | 0 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 25.1 | 19.2 |
| Wins | 3 | 0 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 14 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 4 | 1 |
| Holds | 1 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 21 | 24 |
| Earned Runs | 9 | 12 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 27 | 22 |
| Walks | 4 | 6 |
| ERA | 3.20 | 5.49 |
| WHIP | 0.99 | 1.53 |
| Riley O'Brien RP - STL | Paxton Schultz RP - WSH | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 59 | 34 |
| Games Started | 0 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 60.2 | 39.6 |
| Wins | 3 | 2 |
| Losses | 3 | 2 |
| Saves | 14 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 11 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 52 | 38 |
| Earned Runs | 26 | 21 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 5 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 63 | 38 |
| Walks | 27 | 16 |
| ERA | 3.92 | 4.84 |
| WHIP | 1.31 | 1.37 |
| Riley O'Brien RP - STL | Paxton Schultz RP - WSH | |
| News | ||
| Riley O'Brien allowed one earned run on one hit over one inning to earn the save in Friday's 6-5 win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th | The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th | |
| Riley O'Brien tossed 1.1 innings, allowing only the Manfred man to score, with two strikeouts and one walk in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Reds. Chase Davis Sun, May 24th | The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th | |
| Riley O'Brien struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Thursday's 5-4 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Fri, May 15th | The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th | |
| Riley O'Brien earned the save in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Athletics, working a scoreless frame while allowing one walk on 13 pitches. Jesse Garcia Wed, May 13th | The Nationals have placed right-hander Paxton Schultz on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th | |
| Riley O'Brien struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Fri, May 8th | The Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Riley O'Brien RP - STL | Paxton Schultz RP - WSH | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 | @ CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #101 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #169 | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #371 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #132 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #165 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #26 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #67 | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #39 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #168 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #117 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #85 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | @ MIL | Aaron Ashby | |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #145 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #60 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #156 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #185 | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #206 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #210 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #120 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #87 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #339 | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #109 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #119 | vs ATL | Didier Fuentes (4-0) | #153 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-1) | #177 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #6 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #90 | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-1) | #177 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #169 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #103 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #17 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #134 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #63 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #135 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #75 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #229 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #142 | @ MIA | Robby Snelling (0-1) | |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #119 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #77 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #130 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #200 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #91 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #123 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #167 | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #197 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #102 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 | vs NYM | Zach Thornton (0-1) | #261 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #103 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #195 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #17 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #129 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #157 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #55 | vs SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #237 | vs SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #142 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #77 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #59 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #52 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #115 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #71 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ NYM | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ NYM | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs SD | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs SD | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs SD | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ KC | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TB | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ KC | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ARI | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ARI | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ARI | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs ARI | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs MIA | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs MIA | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs MIA | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ BOS | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ ATL | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ ATL | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CHC | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ CHC | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ CHC | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs MIL | vs HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs MIL | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs MIL | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ATL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ATL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ATL | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ARI | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ARI | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ARI | @ ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ LAA | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ LAA | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ LAA | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CHC | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs CHC | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs CHC | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs CHC | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ TOR | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ TOR | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ TOR | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ NYY | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ NYY | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ NYY | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PHI | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PHI | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs CHC | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CHC | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CHC | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CHC | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ CIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ CIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ CIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ PHI | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ PHI | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ PHI | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BAL | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BAL | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs BAL | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PIT | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PIT | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PIT | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ LAD | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ LAD | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SF | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SF | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SF | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CWS | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CWS | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CWS | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SF | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SF | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs WSH | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs WSH | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs WSH | @ STL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ PIT | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ PIT | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #156 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #129 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ NYM | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ KC | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs MIL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs PHI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ CIN | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ LAD | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SF | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ PIT | |||||
