Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Kyle Leahy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 174	‐
VBR	# 383	# 801

Projections

Strikeouts	49	17
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	4.77
WHIP	1.41	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	# 213

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	7

Games Started	19	4

Innings Pitched	95.1	11.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	16

Earned Runs	38	11

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	79	14

Walks	33	3

ERA	3.59	8.74

WHIP	1.35	1.68

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	58.3	18.7

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	58	18

Earned Runs	29	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	49	17

Walks	22	9

ERA	4.46	4.77

WHIP	1.41	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
News
	Kyle Leahy allowed one earned run on three hits and no walks while striking out four over six innings in Monday's loss to the Angels. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	Carson Palmquist will serve as the opener for the Nationals on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Kyle Leahy allowed no runs on one hit and no walks while striking out two over three innings in Friday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Kyle Leahy allowed three hits and two walks while striking out six over five scoreless innings in Saturday's win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Kyle Leahy allowed one earned run on two hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Kyle Leahy allowed zero earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out three over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL			Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sun, May 24th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Kyle Leahy (2026)

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