Who Should I Trade?

Alek Manoah for Carson Palmquist (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 801	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.77	4.74
WHIP	1.50	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	3

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	11.1	7.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	8

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	14	5

Walks	3	8

ERA	8.74	9.82

WHIP	1.68	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	18

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	18.7	19.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	18	18

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	17	17

Walks	9	9

ERA	4.77	4.74

WHIP	1.50	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
News
	Carson Palmquist will serve as the opener for the Nationals on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Angels sent Alek Manoah outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Angels optioned Alek Manoah to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	Alek Manoah pitched five scoreless innings in a bulk relief role on Monday during the Angels' 7-2 loss to the Guardians. David Leisering Mon, May 11th
	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Alek Manoah will make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Alek Manoah pitched a perfect eighth inning on Friday in his first appearance in the big leagues since 2024. The Angels, however, lost to Toronto, 2-0. David Leisering Sat, May 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH			Alek Manoah SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Manoah for Carson Palmquist (2026)

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