Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Keller for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 764	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.51	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

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	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	30.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.87	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.51	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	Kyle Keller has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The righthander receives an invitation to spring training and will make $1.9 million, with incentives, if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	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
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH			Kyle Keller RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Keller for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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