Who Should I Trade?

Chase Shugart for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 388
VBR	# 700	# 795

Projections

Strikeouts	15	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	4.54
WHIP	1.39	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 463

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 374	# 409

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	25

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	31.2	30.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	38

Earned Runs	19	20

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	37	31

Walks	12	11

ERA	5.40	5.87

WHIP	1.33	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.1	10.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	16	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	15	9

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.46	4.54

WHIP	1.39	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
News
	The Phillies recalled Chase Shugart from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	The Phillies optioned RHP Chase Shugart to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	The Phillies recalled Chase Shugart from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	The Phillies optioned RHP Chase Shugart to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd	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 Phillies acquired RHP Chase Shugart from the Pirates for INF Francisco Loreto. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th	The Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI			Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#65	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#272	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
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
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ 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
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
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
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
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Aug 14th				@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Shugart for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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