Who Should I Trade?

Cade Cavalli for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH	Connelly Early SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	# 83
VBR	# 271	# 679

Projections

Strikeouts	26	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.82	4.18
WHIP	1.33	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 70

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 164	# 63

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 99	# 93

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 34	# 100

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 54	# 216

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	# 107

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	17

Games Started	28	17

Innings Pitched	148.2	91.2

Wins	12	7

Losses	5	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	137	81

Earned Runs	53	35

Home Runs Allowed	17	15

Strikeouts	169	93

Walks	43	34

ERA	3.21	3.44

WHIP	1.21	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	2

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	26.3	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	26	8

Walks	9	3

ERA	3.82	4.18

WHIP	1.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH	Connelly Early SP - WSH
News
	Cade Cavalli exited Saturday's start after the fourth inning due to a sore calf. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 29th	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Cade Cavalli allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Jesse Garcia Tue, Aug 25th	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Cade Cavalli allowed zero earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Wednesday's win over the Rangers.` Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 20th	Connelly Early will have his throwing program paused after he experienced forearm tightness in between innings of his live BP session this week. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Cade Cavalli allowed no runs on one hit and two walks while striking out 10 over eight innings in Thursday's 7-0 win over the Cubs. Jesse Garcia Fri, Aug 14th	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Cade Cavalli allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over six innings in Friday's 5-3 win over the Reds. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH			Connelly Early SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs NYM

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