Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Rutledge for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 23	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	90	11
Wins	6	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.95	4.40
WHIP	1.11	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	108.1	1.1

Wins	8	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	6

Earned Runs	46	7

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	130	2

Walks	24	2

ERA	3.82	47.25

WHIP	1.04	6.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	25

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	76.9	13.3

Wins	6	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	62	13

Earned Runs	25	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	90	11

Walks	20	5

ERA	2.95	4.40

WHIP	1.11	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
News
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The Nationals designated RHP Jackson Rutledge for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Nationals recalled Jackson Rutledge from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Paul Skenes allowed four runs on six hits over five innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Rutledge for Paul Skenes (2026)

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