Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Estevez for Zak Kent (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Estevez RP - KC	Zak Kent RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 292	‐
VBR	# 942	# 928

Projections

Strikeouts	5	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.31	4.38
WHIP	1.32	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 203	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Estevez RP - KC	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	0.1	14.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	18

Earned Runs	6	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	0	11

Walks	2	7

ERA	162.00	6.28

WHIP	18.00	1.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Estevez RP - KC	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.3	7.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	7

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	6

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.31	4.38

WHIP	1.32	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Estevez RP - KC	Zak Kent RP - WSH
News
	Carlos Estevez is up to throwing from 105 feet. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Carlos Estevez started a throwing program on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Carlos Estevez is being re-evaluated on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Zak Kent is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Carlos Estevez did not feel great following Saturday’s bullpen session and will be re-evaluated in the coming days. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Carlos Estevez is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Estevez RP - KC			Zak Kent RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

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Carlos Estevez for Zak Kent (2026)

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