Who Should I Trade?

Justin Bruihl for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 387	# 388
VBR	# 721	# 975

Projections

Strikeouts	15	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.53
WHIP	1.46	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 432	# 409

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 403	# 463

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	25

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	47.2	30.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	46	38

Earned Runs	18	20

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	32	31

Walks	19	11

ERA	3.40	5.87

WHIP	1.36	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.7	9.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	18	10

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	8

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.21	4.53

WHIP	1.46	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
News
	Justin Bruihl was removed from Monday’s game against the Brewers with a left ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	Justin Bruihl has been traded from the Cleveland Guardians to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations. In a corresponding move, Zak Kent was designated for assignment by St. Louis. David Leisering Tue, Jan 6th	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
		The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
		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 Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL			Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, May 22nd				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, May 24th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Bruihl for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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