Who Should I Trade?

Evan Sisk for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Evan Sisk RP - PIT	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 283	# 388
VBR	# 551	# 733

Projections

Strikeouts	16	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.50
WHIP	1.38	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 277	# 408

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 276	# 463

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Evan Sisk RP - PIT	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	26

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	36.1	31.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	30	38

Earned Runs	9	20

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	43	31

Walks	13	12

ERA	2.23	5.68

WHIP	1.18	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Evan Sisk RP - PIT	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.0	12.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	13	13

Earned Runs	6	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	16	11

Walks	6	5

ERA	3.80	4.50

WHIP	1.38	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Evan Sisk RP - PIT	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
News
	Evan Sisk began a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Nationals optioned Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Evan Sisk is dealing with a posterior left elbow. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Nationals recalled Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Pirates placed LHP Evan Sisk on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	The Pirates recalled LHP Evan Sisk from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Sisk posted a 3.57 ERA with a 25:10 K:BB across 17.2 major-league innings in 2025 and carried that into a solid spring, walking six but allowing just two runs on three hits while striking out seven over six innings. It wasn't enough to earn an Opening Day roster spot. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 17th	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Evan Sisk RP - PIT			Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#300	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Evan Sisk for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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