Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Wilber Dotel (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 802	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	18	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.76	4.69
WHIP	1.49	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	# 348

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	18.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	12	16

Earned Runs	7	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	12	19

Walks	2	9

ERA	6.52	5.89

WHIP	1.45	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	21

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.3	23.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	18	23

Earned Runs	10	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	18	20

Walks	9	10

ERA	4.76	4.69

WHIP	1.49	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
News
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Wilber Dotel will remain in the majors with the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	Wilber Dotel will be the 27th man for the Pirates in Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Wilber Dotel will make a rehab appearance for Double-A Altoona. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Wilber Dotel will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	The Nationals acquired LHP Carson Palmquist from the Rockies for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Wilber Dotel threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
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			Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ DET
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

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