Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Wikelman Gonzalez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 770	# 856

Projections

Strikeouts	9	13
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	4.46
WHIP	1.41	1.55

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	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
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	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.4	13.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	12

Earned Runs	5	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	9	13

Walks	4	7

ERA	4.57	4.46

WHIP	1.41	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	Gonzalez (back) surrendered three earned runs on five hits and six walks across 3.1 innings during his first three spring outings. Last Tuesday marked his most recent Cactus League appearance, with a back issue keeping him off the field since then. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th	Wikelman Gonzalez was removed from Tuesday’s spring training game against the Padres with lower back tightness. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH			Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Wikelman Gonzalez (2026)

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