Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Zak Kent (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 999	# 1017

Projections

Strikeouts	5	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.50
WHIP	1.43	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

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


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.2	14.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	18

Earned Runs	5	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	4	11

Walks	4	7

ERA	9.64	6.28

WHIP	2.14	1.74

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


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.7	6.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	5

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.35	4.50

WHIP	1.43	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD	Zak Kent RP - WSH
News
	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
		The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
		Zak Kent is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
		The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
		The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD			Zak Kent RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
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 Zak Kent (2026)

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