Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 787	# 920

Projections

Strikeouts	14	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.10
WHIP	1.47	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 260	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	36.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	2.45	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.5	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	15	3

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	14	3

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.31	4.10

WHIP	1.47	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	PJ Poulin will start Friday's game against the Rays after Cade Cavalli was scratched with an illness. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	The Nationals recalled LHP PJ Poulin from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 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
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for PJ Poulin (2026)

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