Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Liberatore for Mitchell Parker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 154	# 386
VBR	# 366	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	39	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.42	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	# 394

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	# 456

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	22

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	108.2	39.2

Wins	5	3

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	5

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	121	45

Earned Runs	60	29

Home Runs Allowed	19	9

Strikeouts	107	34

Walks	41	13

ERA	4.97	6.58

WHIP	1.49	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	44.4	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.42	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd	Mitchell Parker underwent successful surgery on Wednesday to repair a significant UCL sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over 3.2 innings in Monday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th	Nationals manager Blake Butera said Mitchell Parker will most likely need Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	The Nationals placed LHP Mitchell Parker on the 15-Day Injured List with elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Mitchell Parker allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Tuesday's win over the Guardians. Jesse Garcia Wed, May 27th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th	Mikolas has lasted a combined 7.1 innings over his last two starts, and Parker was recalled Tuesday to provide bullpen length behind him. Parker has a 16:3 K:BB across 13.1 innings in three Triple-A starts this season, though his ERA sits at 6.08. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 14th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 22nd				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 24th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Liberatore for Mitchell Parker (2026)

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