Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Joel Hurtado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 893	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	2
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.88	4.66
WHIP	1.54	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	‐

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


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	14.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	8.36	‐

WHIP	1.71	‐

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


Games Played	19	14

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	18.6	2.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.88	4.66

WHIP	1.54	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
News
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Carson Palmquist will serve as the opener for the Nationals on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
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			Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ MIA
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
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
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
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Joel Hurtado (2026)

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