Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Rutledge for Michael Petersen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 303	‐
VBR	# 471	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.16	4.40
WHIP	1.35	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 324	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 267	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	26	6

Earned Runs	14	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	51	2

Walks	17	2

ERA	2.91	47.25

WHIP	0.99	6.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.9	13.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	19	13

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	23	11

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.16	4.40

WHIP	1.35	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
News
	Michael Petersen is dealing with right hamstring tightness and will undergo further testing to determine the severity. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Phillies claimed RHP Jackson Rutledge off of waivers from the Nationals and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Michael Petersen earned his first save of the season, striking out two batters and allowing two hits in a scoreless inning during Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 9th	The Nationals designated RHP Jackson Rutledge for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
		The Nationals recalled Jackson Rutledge from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA			Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Rutledge for Michael Petersen (2026)

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