Who Should I Trade?

PJ Poulin for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	‐
VBR	# 306	# 797

Projections

Strikeouts	58	13
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	4.30
WHIP	1.33	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 260

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	35

Games Started	7	11

Innings Pitched	79.2	36.2

Wins	2	3

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	83	27

Earned Runs	45	10

Home Runs Allowed	12	4

Strikeouts	81	25

Walks	26	21

ERA	5.08	2.45

WHIP	1.37	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	18

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	58.3	15.6

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	55	15

Earned Runs	29	7

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	58	13

Walks	19	7

ERA	4.48	4.30

WHIP	1.33	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
News
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé 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
	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Nationals recalled LHP PJ Poulin from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Thursday against the Phillies, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits and one walk over 5.1 innings. He struck out five while throwing 63 of his 95 pitches for strikes and generating 16 whiffs. Philadelphia scored in the first, third, and fourth innings, with the final run coming home after a throwing error by AJ Ewing. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th	The Nationals optioned PJ Poulin to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (0-1)
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

PJ Poulin for Sean Manaea (2026)

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