Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	# 388
VBR	# 956	# 945

Projections

Strikeouts	22	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.12	4.38
WHIP	1.44	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 463

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 408

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	25

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	76.2	30.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	38

Earned Runs	41	20

Home Runs Allowed	18	5

Strikeouts	47	31

Walks	27	11

ERA	4.81	5.87

WHIP	1.28	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	28.0	10.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	10

Earned Runs	16	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	22	9

Walks	10	4

ERA	5.12	4.38

WHIP	1.44	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
News
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in Monday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 30th	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and three walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday's 2-1 win over Minnesota. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 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
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 16th	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
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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