Who Should I Trade?

Max Kranick for Randy Dobnak (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Max Kranick RP - WSH	Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 773	# 1121

Projections

Strikeouts	12	22
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.76	5.12
WHIP	1.41	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kranick RP - WSH	Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	3

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	1.2	14.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	13

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	2	7

Walks	3	8

ERA	27.00	1.93

WHIP	4.20	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kranick RP - WSH	Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	11

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	16.0	35.3

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	17	39

Earned Runs	8	20

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	12	22

Walks	5	14

ERA	4.76	5.12

WHIP	1.41	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kranick RP - WSH	Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
News
	The Nationals activated RHP Max Kranick from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Randy Dobnak allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out three over 4.1 innings in Saturday's win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th
	Nationals right-hander Max Kranick (elbow) threw 2 1/3 innings in a rehab outing for Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Royals recalled RHP Randy Dobnak from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Max Kranick has joined the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Kansas City Royals are acquiring right-hander Randy Dobnak from the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Max Kranick threw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Mariners reassigned RHP Randy Dobnak to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Max Kranick headed to West Palm Beach with the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Kranick RP - WSH			Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#122	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kranick for Randy Dobnak (2026)

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