Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Riley Cornelio (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 29	# 893

Projections

Strikeouts	86	26
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.95	4.84
WHIP	1.11	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	8

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	115.1	16.1

Wins	9	1

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	16

Earned Runs	47	11

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	138	17

Walks	26	15

ERA	3.67	6.06

WHIP	1.06	1.90

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	21

Games Started	12	3

Innings Pitched	72.8	29.7

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	59	29

Earned Runs	24	16

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	86	26

Walks	19	14

ERA	2.95	4.84

WHIP	1.11	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
News
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Riley Cornelio was recalled by the Nationals on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Nationals optioned RHP Riley Cornelio to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The Nationals recalled Riley Cornelio from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Nationals optioned RHP Riley Cornelio to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Riley Cornelio will be called up to make his MLB debut against the White Sox on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Riley Cornelio (2026)

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