Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Will Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 847	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.70	3.77
WHIP	1.42	1.26

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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	11.2	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	1

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	10	1

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.70	3.77

WHIP	1.42	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#334
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#192	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#327	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#181
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (3-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	@ ARI
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#311	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI			@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Will Johnston (2026)

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