Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 787	# 729

Projections

Strikeouts	14	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.46
WHIP	1.47	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 260	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	4

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	36.2	3.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	27	4

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	25	3

Walks	21	2

ERA	2.45	9.00

WHIP	1.31	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.5	14.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	15	13

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	15

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.31	4.46

WHIP	1.47	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	PJ Poulin will start Friday's game against the Rays after Cade Cavalli was scratched with an illness. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Nationals recalled LHP PJ Poulin from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
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 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for PJ Poulin (2026)

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