Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 764	# 948

Projections

Strikeouts	10	8
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	4.40
WHIP	1.42	1.43

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	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	10

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	30.2	16.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	25

Earned Runs	20	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	31	14

Walks	11	9

ERA	5.87	9.37

WHIP	1.60	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.0	8.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	8

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	10	8

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.51	4.40

WHIP	1.42	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	The Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th	Jayden Murray reported to join the Cubs on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Astros traded Jayden Murray to the Cubs for minor-league first baseman Cameron Sisneros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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 Astros designated Jayden Murray for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th	The Astros recalled Jayden Murray from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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