Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Jake Irvin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 258	‐
VBR	# 528	# 907

Projections

Strikeouts	30	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	4.24
WHIP	1.41	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 182	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	51.2	4.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	6

Earned Runs	29	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	58	4

Walks	22	4

ERA	5.05	9.64

WHIP	1.34	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	36.6	8.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	37	8

Earned Runs	19	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	30	8

Walks	13	4

ERA	4.79	4.24

WHIP	1.41	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	Jake Irvin is making a rehab start on Friday for Double-A Harrisburg. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	Jake Irvin will begin a rehab assignment on Monday in the Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	The Nationals transferred RHP Jake Irvin from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Nationals right-hander Jake Irvin (shoulder) faced live hitters for the first time on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Jake Irvin is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Jake Irvin (2026)

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