Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 10	‐
VBR	# 58	# 802

Projections

Strikeouts	81	18
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.34	4.76
WHIP	1.13	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	# 213

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	6

Games Started	15	3

Innings Pitched	93.0	9.2

Wins	10	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	12

Earned Runs	22	7

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	108	12

Walks	22	2

ERA	2.13	6.52

WHIP	0.89	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	21

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	72.0	19.3

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	59	18

Earned Runs	27	10

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	81	18

Walks	19	9

ERA	3.34	4.76

WHIP	1.13	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
News
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Zack Wheeler gave up just one run on four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven innings in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 27th	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 6-2 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd	The Nationals acquired LHP Carson Palmquist from the Rockies for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th				@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs NYM
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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