Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	# 298
VBR	# 844	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.83	‐
WHIP	1.53	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 289

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	# 296

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	24

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	12.2	25.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	28

Earned Runs	13	16

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	15	17

Walks	6	9

ERA	9.24	5.68

WHIP	1.89	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	20.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.83	‐

WHIP	1.53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
News
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Carson Palmquist will serve as the opener for the Nationals on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin (elbow) is scheduled to be evaluated by elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister the week of July 13. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
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			Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#261
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Keegan Akin (2026)

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