Who Should I Trade?

Chris Paddack for PJ Poulin (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 260	# 475

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	14

Games Started	11	9

Innings Pitched	36.2	57.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	0	7

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	27	76

Earned Runs	10	43

Home Runs Allowed	4	9

Strikeouts	25	40

Walks	21	19

ERA	2.45	6.79

WHIP	1.31	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
News
	PJ Poulin is progressing through a throwing program. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Chris Paddack has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	PJ Poulin is on track to return at some point in September. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	The Rangers have designated right-hander Chris Paddack for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	The Nationals transferred PJ Poulin to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Chris Paddack allowed two runs on seven hits with no walks and one strikeout over four innings of bulk relief in Monday’s win over the Guardians. He worked three scoreless frames before giving up both runs in his final inning after signing with Texas earlier in the day. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Chris Paddack signed a one-year contract with the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	The Rangers are reportedly close to a deal with Chris Paddack. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH			Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#15
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#153
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#193
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#207
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#117
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#115
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#216
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#261
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#125
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#143
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#345
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#193
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#338
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#314
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#131
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#389
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#382
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#384
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#159
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#15
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#25
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#99
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#98
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Paddack for PJ Poulin (2026)

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