Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 22	# 388
VBR	# 183	# 975

Projections

Strikeouts	31	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	12	0
ERA	3.07	4.53
WHIP	1.22	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	# 409

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	# 463

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	25

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	31.2	30.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	22	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	38

Earned Runs	7	20

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	40	31

Walks	15	11

ERA	1.99	5.87

WHIP	1.23	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.1	9.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	31	8

Walks	10	4

ERA	3.07	4.53

WHIP	1.22	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
News
	Aroldis Chapman walked two batters over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters on 13 pitches in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Aroldis Chapman picked up the save in Sunday’s 7-5 win over the Angels, allowing a solo home run while striking out two over one inning. Zach Neto took him deep with two outs before Chapman struck out the next batter to secure his 18th save of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Aroldis Chapman earned his 17th save of the season Friday against the Angels after working a scoreless ninth inning. He allowed two hits and struck out one while protecting Boston’s three-run lead. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	The Nationals have placed right-hander Paxton Schultz on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Aroldis Chapman allowed two runs, one earned, on one hit and one walk over one inning in Sunday’s 5-4 extra-inning win over the Yankees. He struck out two and was charged with his second blown save of the season, though Boston’s victory in the 10th kept him from taking the loss. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th	The Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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