Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Sam Benschoter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 968	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	6.92
WHIP	1.42	1.54

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	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
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	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	9.3	1.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	8	1

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.54	6.92

WHIP	1.42	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	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			Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Sam Benschoter (2026)

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