Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for JR Ritchie (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 248	‐
VBR	# 643	# 802

Projections

Strikeouts	25	18
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.68	4.76
WHIP	1.48	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 444	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	# 213

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	6

Games Started	7	3

Innings Pitched	50.1	9.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	41	12

Earned Runs	25	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	45	12

Walks	30	2

ERA	4.47	6.52

WHIP	1.41	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	21

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	29.6	19.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	29	18

Earned Runs	15	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	25	18

Walks	13	9

ERA	4.68	4.76

WHIP	1.48	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
News
	JR Ritchie was charged with one run on only one hit and two walks while striking out two over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's 4-3 win against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	The Braves recalled JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	The Nationals acquired LHP Carson Palmquist from the Rockies for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, May 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
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL			Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for JR Ritchie (2026)

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