Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 343	# 388
VBR	# 658	# 773

Projections

Strikeouts	18	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.70
WHIP	1.41	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 296	# 408

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 379	# 463

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	55	27

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	52.2	32.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	38	42

Earned Runs	15	23

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	45	32

Walks	31	12

ERA	2.56	6.40

WHIP	1.31	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.4	14.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	14

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	13

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.37	4.70

WHIP	1.41	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
News
	Reds reliever Brock Burke earned his first career Sunday in a 2-1 win over the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 6th	The Nationals optioned Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Reds are acquiring Brock Burke from the Angels in a three-team trade. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	The Nationals recalled Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Brock Burke and the Angels avoided arbitration and the lefthander will make $2.325 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brock Burke RP - CIN			Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 22nd				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, May 24th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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