Who Should I Trade?

Angel Zerpa for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 975	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.53	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 409	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 463	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	30.2	12.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	38	16

Earned Runs	20	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	31	8

Walks	11	6

ERA	5.87	6.39

WHIP	1.60	1.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.53	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	The Brewers transferred Angel Zerpa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th	Angel Zerpa underwent his elbow reconstruction surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	Angel Zerpa will undergo Tommy John surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Nationals have placed right-hander Paxton Schultz on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Angel Zerpa is deciding whether or not to have Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	The Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said there is significant concern about Angel Zerpa’s left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH			Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Zerpa for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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