Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 925	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.31	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 408	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 463	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	30.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.87	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.9	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.31	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	The Reds reassigned RHP Carson Spiers to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	The Nationals have placed right-hander Paxton Schultz on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	The Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH			Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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