Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 148	‐
VBR	# 382	# 822

Projections

Strikeouts	46	18
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.77
WHIP	1.39	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	# 213

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


Games Played	20	7

Games Started	20	4

Innings Pitched	99.0	11.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	112	16

Earned Runs	57	11

Home Runs Allowed	18	1

Strikeouts	95	14

Walks	38	3

ERA	5.18	8.74

WHIP	1.52	1.68

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


Games Played	10	20

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	53.7	20.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	54	20

Earned Runs	27	11

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	46	18

Walks	18	9

ERA	4.55	4.77

WHIP	1.39	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Carson Palmquist will serve as the opener for the Nationals on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed one earned run on one hit and four walks while striking out nine over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed six earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 25th	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
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)	#158	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
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 (3-3)	#113
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#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 Matthew Liberatore (2026)

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