Who Should I Trade?

Kenley Jansen for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 79	# 388
VBR	# 336	# 925

Projections

Strikeouts	23	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.16	4.31
WHIP	1.27	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 64	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 64	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 127	# 408

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	# 463

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	25

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	23.2	30.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	11	1

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	16	38

Earned Runs	12	20

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	25	31

Walks	13	11

ERA	4.56	5.87

WHIP	1.23	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.7	9.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	19	10

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	9

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.16	4.31

WHIP	1.27	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
News
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen nailed down a save in a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen picked up a save in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer 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 Tigers have activated right-hander Kenley Jansen from the 15-day IL ahead of Friday's series opener against the Guardians. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th	The Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET			Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Kenley Jansen for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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