Who Should I Trade?

Hans Crouse for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 389	‐
VBR	# 925	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	0.00
WHIP	1.39	0.96

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 409	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 463	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Hans Crouse RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	30.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.87	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Hans Crouse RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.9	0.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	1

Earned Runs	5	0

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	1

Walks	4	0

ERA	4.31	0.00

WHIP	1.39	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Hans Crouse RP - BAL
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	The Orioles reassigned RHP Hans Crouse to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th	Hans Crouse has signed a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles. David Leisering Tue, Jan 20th
	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Orioles signed RHP Hans Crouse to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th
	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 Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH			Hans Crouse RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#291
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#252
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Hans Crouse for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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