Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Mitchell Parker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	# 386
VBR	# 838	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.76	‐
WHIP	1.51	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 392

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	# 456

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	22

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	9.1	39.2

Wins	0	3

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	5

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	11	45

Earned Runs	6	29

Home Runs Allowed	1	9

Strikeouts	11	34

Walks	2	13

ERA	5.79	6.58

WHIP	1.39	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.76	‐

WHIP	1.51	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
News
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Nationals manager Blake Butera said Mitchell Parker will most likely need Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	The Nationals placed LHP Mitchell Parker on the 15-Day Injured List with elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Mitchell Parker allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Tuesday's win over the Guardians. Jesse Garcia Wed, May 27th
	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Mikolas has lasted a combined 7.1 innings over his last two starts, and Parker was recalled Tuesday to provide bullpen length behind him. Parker has a 16:3 K:BB across 13.1 innings in three Triple-A starts this season, though his ERA sits at 6.08. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 14th
	The Nationals acquired LHP Carson Palmquist from the Rockies for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Mitchell Parker has been optioned to Triple-A Rochester's roster. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Mar 13th
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			Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#127	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#193	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#328	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#328
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#183	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#183
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#312	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#312
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs NYM

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