PJ Poulin or Steven Cruz

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PJ Poulin or Steven Cruz Player Statistics
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	49

Games Started	11	2

Innings Pitched	36.2	51.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	0	3

Saves	3	6

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	7	5

Hits Allowed	27	46

Earned Runs	10	25

Home Runs Allowed	4	12

Strikeouts	25	56

Walks	21	19

ERA	2.45	4.35

WHIP	1.31	1.26

PJ Poulin or Steven Cruz Player Projections
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	55	39

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.6	40.6

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	11	3

Hits Allowed	50	36

Earned Runs	26	20

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	54	37

Walks	23	17

ERA	4.33	4.48

WHIP	1.35	1.33

PJ Poulin or Steven Cruz Player Notes
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	PJ Poulin is progressing through a throwing program. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 3-0 win over the Guardians. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 29th
	PJ Poulin is on track to return at some point in September. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Steven Cruz threw a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th
	The Nationals transferred PJ Poulin to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Steven Cruz struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 7-6 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th
	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Steven Cruz struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th
	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
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PJ Poulin or Steven Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#63	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#102	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#358	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#362	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#165	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#426	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#331	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#425
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS