Who Should I Trade?

Foster Griffin for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - WSH	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 84	# 388
VBR	# 263	# 945

Projections

Strikeouts	57	9
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.38
WHIP	1.31	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 81	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 122	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	# 408

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 27	# 463

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - WSH	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	25

Games Started	19	1

Innings Pitched	110.1	30.2

Wins	10	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	38

Earned Runs	34	20

Home Runs Allowed	17	5

Strikeouts	109	31

Walks	26	11

ERA	2.77	5.87

WHIP	1.02	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - WSH	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	61.5	10.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	10

Earned Runs	28	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	57	9

Walks	17	4

ERA	4.17	4.38

WHIP	1.31	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - WSH	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
News
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on five hits and no walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Wednesday's win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 9th	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out two over five innings in Friday's win over the Pirates. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Foster Griffin allowed no earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on four hits and no walks while striking out nine over 7.1 innings in Monday's 4-1 win over the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd	The Nationals have placed right-hander Paxton Schultz on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Foster Griffin kept it mostly tidy, even if the pitch count suggests the Royals didn’t exactly roll over. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 17th	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
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - WSH			Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Foster Griffin for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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