Who Should I Trade?

Mason Thompson for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 788	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	8.91
WHIP	1.45	0.99

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 260	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	36.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	2.45	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.8	0.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	13	1

Walks	7	0

ERA	4.33	8.91

WHIP	1.45	0.99

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
News
	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	PJ Poulin will start Friday's game against the Rays after Cade Cavalli was scratched with an illness. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	The Nationals recalled LHP PJ Poulin from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Nationals optioned PJ Poulin to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH			Mason Thompson RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#122	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
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)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Thompson for PJ Poulin (2026)

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