Who Should I Trade?

Alex Hoppe for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Alex Hoppe RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 882	# 644

Projections

Strikeouts	3	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.75	4.18
WHIP	1.43	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 260	# 461

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Alex Hoppe RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	25

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	36.2	28.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	7	2

Hits Allowed	27	28

Earned Runs	10	18

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	25	34

Walks	21	11

ERA	2.45	5.65

WHIP	1.31	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Alex Hoppe RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.6	10.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	10

Earned Runs	1	5

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	3	10

Walks	2	5

ERA	3.75	4.18

WHIP	1.43	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Alex Hoppe RP - BAL
News
	The Nationals transferred PJ Poulin to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Mariners are trading Alex Hoppe in a package for Taylor Ward. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Mariners recalled Alex Hoppe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	The Mariners optioned Alex Hoppe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Mariners selected the contract of RHP Alex Hoppe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	PJ Poulin will start Friday's game against the Rays after Cade Cavalli was scratched with an illness. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th	Hoppe split time between Triple-A Worcester and Double-A Portland in Boston's organization last season, posting a 4.55 ERA, 1.52 WHIP and 73:34 K:BB across 61.1 innings. Acquired from the Red Sox in November, he was added to Seattle's 40-man roster heading into 2026 but has yet to make his big-league debut. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH			Alex Hoppe RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Hoppe for PJ Poulin (2026)

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