Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Taylor Clarke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 361	# 388
VBR	# 618	# 759

Projections

Strikeouts	13	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	4.75
WHIP	1.34	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 355	# 409

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 354	# 463

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	27

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	51.0	32.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	34	42

Earned Runs	12	23

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	27	32

Walks	9	12

ERA	2.12	6.40

WHIP	0.84	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.3	10.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	17	11

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	13	10

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.28	4.75

WHIP	1.34	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
News
	The Diamondbacks activated Taylor Clarke from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Nationals optioned Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Diamondbacks placed Taylor Clarke on the bereavement/family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Nationals recalled Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Taylor Clarke to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI			Paxton Schultz RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Taylor Clarke (2026)

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