Who Should I Trade?

Michael Petersen for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 238	‐
VBR	# 496	# 925

Projections

Strikeouts	17	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.11	4.37
WHIP	1.38	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 267	# 260

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 181	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	35

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	46.0	36.2

Wins	1	3

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	3

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	18	7

Hits Allowed	30	27

Earned Runs	16	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	54	25

Walks	19	21

ERA	3.13	2.45

WHIP	1.07	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.4	4.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	4

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	17	4

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.11	4.37

WHIP	1.38	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
News
	Michael Petersen is day-to-day with a forearm injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Nationals transferred PJ Poulin to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Michael Petersen had X-rays return negative on his forearm injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Michael Petersen left Sunday's game early against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Michael Petersen is dealing with right hamstring tightness and will undergo further testing to determine the severity. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Michael Petersen earned his first save of the season, striking out two batters and allowing two hits in a scoreless inning during Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 9th	PJ Poulin will start Friday's game against the Rays after Cade Cavalli was scratched with an illness. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA			PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Petersen for PJ Poulin (2026)

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