Who Should I Trade?

Mason Thompson for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 968	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	9.00
WHIP	1.42	1.00

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	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
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	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.3	0.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	1

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	8	1

Walks	4	0

ERA	4.54	9.00

WHIP	1.42	1.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	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			Mason Thompson RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Thompson for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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