Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Jonathan Loaisiga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	# 317
VBR	# 802	# 487

Projections

Strikeouts	18	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.76	3.80
WHIP	1.49	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 266

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	# 347

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	41

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	38.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	12	30

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	12	27

Walks	2	9

ERA	6.52	2.13

WHIP	1.45	1.03

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.3	22.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	18	22

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	18

Walks	9	7

ERA	4.76	3.80

WHIP	1.49	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI
News
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Jonathan Loaisiga pitched around a single and a double in the ninth inning to earn his first save of the season as the Diamondbacks defeated the Tigers, 1-0, on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Apr 2nd
	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of RHP Jonathan Loaisiga. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	D-backs reliever Jonathan Loaisiga has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 22nd
	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Jonathan Loáisiga to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
	The Nationals acquired LHP Carson Palmquist from the Rockies for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
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			Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Jonathan Loaisiga (2026)

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