Who Should I Trade?

Brian Van Belle for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 925	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.31	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 408	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 463	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	30.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.87	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.9	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.31	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	The Nationals have placed right-hander Paxton Schultz on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	The Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH			Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Van Belle for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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