Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Ronan Kopp (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Ronan Kopp SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 945	# 1037

Projections

Strikeouts	9	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.38	4.55
WHIP	1.40	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 408	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 463	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Ronan Kopp SP,RP - LAD
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	Ronan Kopp SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	4.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	4

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	5

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.38	4.55

WHIP	1.40	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Ronan Kopp SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	Ronan Kopp has been optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Sun, Mar 8th
	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			Ronan Kopp SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ NYY
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Ronan Kopp (2026)

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