Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Carson Palmquist (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Caden Dana SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 803	# 926

Projections

Strikeouts	18	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.76	4.99
WHIP	1.49	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	9.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	5.79	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	11

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	19.6	25.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	19	25

Earned Runs	10	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	18	22

Walks	9	11

ERA	4.76	4.99

WHIP	1.49	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Caden Dana SP - LAA
News
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Angels say Caden Dana is still bothered by fatigue related to mono. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (illness) has been transferred from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th
	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Angels have optioned right-hander Caden Dana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (mono) is progressing towards facing live hitters. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	The Nationals acquired LHP Carson Palmquist from the Rockies for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Caden Dana is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH			Caden Dana SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Carson Palmquist (2026)

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