Who Should I Trade?

PJ Poulin for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 170	‐
VBR	# 594	# 797

Projections

Strikeouts	17	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.34
WHIP	1.33	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 201	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	# 260

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	35

Games Started	15	11

Innings Pitched	83.1	36.2

Wins	3	3

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	81	27

Earned Runs	46	10

Home Runs Allowed	18	4

Strikeouts	62	25

Walks	22	21

ERA	4.97	2.45

WHIP	1.24	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	16

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	21.1	14.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	21	13

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	17	12

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.47	4.34

WHIP	1.33	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
News
	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	PJ Poulin will start Friday's game against the Rays after Cade Cavalli was scratched with an illness. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	Ryne Nelson told reporters he will be shut down for several weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	The Nationals recalled LHP PJ Poulin from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI			PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
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 (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

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PJ Poulin for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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