Who Should I Trade?

Ken Waldichuk for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 38	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	75	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	2.90	‐
WHIP	1.10	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 6	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	5

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	120.2	9.1

Wins	9	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	102	7

Earned Runs	52	7

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	149	8

Walks	28	6

ERA	3.88	6.75

WHIP	1.08	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	63.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	75	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	2.90	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
News
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Ken Waldichuk underwent Tommy John surgery along with an internal brace procedure to repair a flexor tendon and UCL injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 60-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Ken Waldichuk will receive a second opinion after being recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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 placed Ken Waldichuk on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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	Ken Waldichuk was removed from Sunday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Ken Waldichuk for Paul Skenes (2026)

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