Who Should I Trade?

Max Kranick for Will Childers (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Max Kranick RP - WSH	Will Childers RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 746	# 1019

Projections

Strikeouts	11	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.72	5.23
WHIP	1.41	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kranick RP - WSH	Will Childers RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	4.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	11.57	‐

WHIP	2.14	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kranick RP - WSH	Will Childers RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.1	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	11	1

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.72	5.23

WHIP	1.41	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kranick RP - WSH	Will Childers RP - MIL
News
	The Nationals activated RHP Max Kranick from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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
	Max Kranick has joined the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Max Kranick threw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Max Kranick headed to West Palm Beach with the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, May 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
	Max Kranick RP - WSH			Will Childers RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#137	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#327
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs STL
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kranick for Will Childers (2026)

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