Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Isaac Mattson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 391
VBR	# 810	# 714

Projections

Strikeouts	17	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.75	4.28
WHIP	1.50	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	# 418

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	34

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	32.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	12	31

Earned Runs	7	15

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	12	29

Walks	2	14

ERA	6.52	4.13

WHIP	1.45	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	20.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	18	19

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	17	19

Walks	9	10

ERA	4.75	4.28

WHIP	1.50	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
News
	Carson Palmquist will serve as the opener for the Nationals on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Isaac Mattson has been sent to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th
	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	Isaac Mattson pitched a perfect eighth inning on Sunday, including a strikeout, for his fifth hold of the season as the Pirates defeated the Rays, 6-3. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th
	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH			Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (0-1)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ DET
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Isaac Mattson (2026)

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