Who Should I Trade?

Nate Lavender for Paxton Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 389	‐
VBR	# 925	# 875

Projections

Strikeouts	9	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	3.86
WHIP	1.39	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 409	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 463	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	30.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.87	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.9	6.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	5

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	7

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.31	3.86

WHIP	1.39	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	The Mets reassigned LHP Nate Lavender to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	The Nationals have placed right-hander Paxton Schultz on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	The Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 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
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH			Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAD
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Nate Lavender for Paxton Schultz (2026)

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