Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 773	# 946

Projections

Strikeouts	13	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.70	4.53
WHIP	1.42	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 408	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 463	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	17

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	32.1	16.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	42	14

Earned Runs	23	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	32	14

Walks	12	7

ERA	6.40	3.31

WHIP	1.67	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.2	5.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	14	5

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	4

Walks	6	2

ERA	4.70	4.53

WHIP	1.42	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	The Nationals optioned Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Nationals recalled Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Paxton Schultz for Zack Kelly (2026)

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