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Nationals 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Nationals Projected Pitching

Through games of Tuesday, 22 September 2026.
All results are from true, unadjusted data.

Explanation of the Table

The Table below shows two lines for each pitcher and for the team as a whole: Actual and Projected. The Actual lines are just what it says: the actual stats for this season to date; the Projected lines want a little explanation.

The projecting has two steps. The first is simple: for each man, we calculate the ratio of his current-season-to-date BFPs (Batters Faced Pitcher, the equivalent of Plate Appearances for batters) to his career BFPs, then multiply all his career stats by that ratio to get what one might call his “raw” career-performance data pro-rated to his current-year number of BFPs. So, as a hypothetical example, a man with 5,000 career BFPs and 250 BFPs this season would have a ratio of 250/5000, or .050; so, if he had yielded, say, 1215 career Hits, his raw projected Hits number for this season would be 1215 x .05, or 61 (if the calculated number is fractional, as with 60.75, we round it off to the nearest whole number).

That much is simple and, we hope, clear. The second adjustment takes a little explaining. It derives from the fact that—for a team or for an individual man—the number of BFPs that will be had for a given number of Outs made (which is to say “innings played”) depends exactly on the on-base percentage: the higher the on-base percentage, the more BFPs the man or team will see in any given number of innings.

To clarify: imagine a staff with a great .250 on-base percentage; that number means that, on average, one man in four that they see at the plate will get on safely. The converse of that is that three men in four will make out. (For simplicity’s sake in this elementary example, we ignore outs made on the bases.) So, in an average inning, the batters, to make the three outs that constitute an inning, will send 4 men to the plate. If we next imagine a staff with an equally absurd .500 on-base percentage, only half the batters it faces make an out: thus, to make the three outs that define an inning, the batters would have—again, on average—to send 6 men to the plate. So (as should be intuitively obvious anyway), for a given number of innings, a higher OBP means more PAs.

The consequence of that is that each man’s “raw”stat projections, which were based on his BFPs for this season, are slightly inaccurate, because his—and the team’s—BFPs would be different (perhaps higher, perhaps lower) from what they are if all the men were performing at their career rates. To correct for that, we calculate each man’s career "outs rate" (all Outs made per plate appearance, which does include outs made behind him on the bases) and multiply it by his percentage of the staff’s total BFPs; we then sum up those outs rates to get a projected team Outs rate, and from that—holding Outs made (which, again, is just innings played) constant—we can reckon the projected team BFP total. We can then adjust each projected stat line by the ratio of expected team BFPs to actual BFPs (which normally yields a number fairly close to, but not equalling,1.0), giving us the true projected stats for each man and for the team.

(For this season for this team’s pitching, the adjustment factor, rounded to three decimal places—the actual calculations use many more decimals— is 0.994)

Incidentally, that last adjustment is the reason that even rookies, whose whole “career” is just the current season, can have “adjusted” lines that differ slightly from their actual data lines, and why the TPP numbers here may differ slightly from those on other pages here.

You can see the overall “win-capability” of the team (its wins projected from these team numbers and the corresponding team batting numbers) at our “Projected Team-Performances” page.

The Table

Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Andrew Alvarez, actual: 24 450 396 88 20 3 5 129 48 38 324 1 2 3 3 0 7 543
Andrew Alvarez, projected: 24 447 394 85 18 2 5 122 47 38 324 1 2 3 4 0 7 527
Clayton Beeter, actual: 50 209 170 36 4 0 8 64 31 25 144 2 3 3 0 4 10 759
Clayton Beeter, projected: 50 208 170 34 4 0 7 59 32 25 144 2 3 2 0 3 9 690
Jake Bird, actual: 8 33 31 6 0 0 2 12 2 3 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 585
Jake Bird, projected: 8 33 29 8 2 0 1 12 3 4 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 689
Cade Cavalli, actual: 32 706 637 148 22 0 18 224 48 68 509 1 4 16 4 0 9 594
Cade Cavalli, projected: 32 702 631 156 24 1 19 238 48 76 509 1 4 17 5 0 10 663
Riley Cornelio, actual: 17 153 120 25 5 0 2 36 28 22 104 1 4 0 0 1 3 672
Riley Cornelio, projected: 17 152 119 25 5 0 2 36 28 22 104 1 4 0 0 1 3 677
Tom Cosgrove, actual: 18 74 62 18 4 2 3 35 6 16 49 0 4 2 1 0 2 1257
Tom Cosgrove, projected: 18 74 64 15 2 1 2 23 6 10 49 0 1 2 0 0 1 774
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Yovanny Cruz, actual: 11 40 31 10 1 0 2 17 8 7 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 1237
Yovanny Cruz, projected: 11 40 32 9 1 0 1 14 6 5 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 795
Will Dion, actual: 13 98 85 14 5 0 3 28 12 9 78 0 1 0 0 0 0 389
Will Dion, projected: 13 97 88 20 4 0 4 36 8 12 78 0 1 1 0 0 1 561
Julian Fernández, actual: 3 18 15 3 0 0 1 6 2 3 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1011
Julian Fernández, projected: 3 18 16 4 1 0 1 8 2 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1134
Andre Granillo, actual: 8 50 39 13 2 0 2 21 8 12 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 1574
Andre Granillo, projected: 8 50 42 12 2 1 2 21 5 8 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 1296
Josiah Gray, actual: 2 11 11 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 291
Josiah Gray, projected: 2 11 10 2 0 0 1 4 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 729
Foster Griffin, actual: 22 524 483 109 18 0 19 184 30 49 388 2 1 8 5 0 6 583
Foster Griffin, projected: 22 521 472 115 25 1 16 192 36 58 388 3 3 8 5 0 5 641
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Cole Henry, actual: 11 70 59 17 3 0 4 32 7 14 41 0 0 3 1 0 1 1457
Cole Henry, projected: 11 70 57 13 2 0 2 23 9 9 41 0 0 3 0 0 2 957
DJ Herz, actual: 1 19 17 5 3 0 1 11 2 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1260
DJ Herz, projected: 1 19 17 4 1 0 1 6 2 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 810
Jake Irvin, actual: 21 446 387 93 17 0 18 164 46 65 305 0 4 9 3 0 13 843
Jake Irvin, projected: 21 443 399 101 19 1 18 179 37 61 305 0 2 5 4 0 6 802
Jackson Kent, actual: 8 170 145 40 10 1 2 58 25 25 109 0 0 0 1 0 3 917
Jackson Kent, projected: 8 169 144 40 10 1 2 58 25 25 109 0 0 0 1 0 3 911
Zak Kent, actual: 9 57 53 15 7 0 1 25 3 8 38 0 1 0 2 0 2 1011
Zak Kent, projected: 9 57 50 13 3 0 1 22 6 9 38 0 0 0 1 0 1 792
Max Kranick, actual: 17 94 79 27 7 1 4 48 13 19 55 1 0 1 0 0 2 1550
Max Kranick, projected: 17 93 83 23 6 0 3 38 8 13 55 0 1 1 0 1 1 1010
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Matt Krook, actual: 6 25 18 4 0 0 1 7 6 4 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 1242
Matt Krook, projected: 6 25 19 6 1 0 1 11 5 7 14 0 0 1 1 0 1 1728
Justin Lawrence, actual: 7 32 24 7 3 0 1 13 7 3 19 0 1 0 0 0 3 1559
Justin Lawrence, projected: 7 32 27 7 1 0 1 11 4 5 19 0 0 1 0 0 1 995
Zack Littell, actual: 23 481 436 115 16 1 25 208 35 69 337 1 6 3 4 0 10 872
Zack Littell, projected: 23 478 442 115 23 1 20 200 27 56 337 1 3 4 3 1 6 761
Brad Lord, actual: 39 345 301 68 9 0 10 107 31 36 240 2 2 8 5 3 1 669
Brad Lord, projected: 39 343 306 75 12 1 10 120 28 39 240 2 2 4 3 1 2 681
Richard Lovelady, actual: 30 127 104 31 8 0 3 48 17 13 76 3 0 3 1 3 1 1112
Richard Lovelady, projected: 30 126 109 29 7 0 4 47 12 17 76 1 2 3 1 2 2 972
Miles Mikolas, actual: 25 498 467 137 28 0 27 246 23 80 348 0 6 2 4 0 9 938
Miles Mikolas, projected: 25 495 461 122 24 2 17 202 23 61 348 2 4 5 4 1 5 726
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Carson Palmquist, actual: 11 78 65 21 4 0 1 28 8 14 49 1 1 3 0 0 4 1100
Carson Palmquist, projected: 11 78 63 20 4 0 3 35 10 15 49 1 2 2 0 0 4 1355
Mitchell Parker, actual: 22 178 159 46 5 1 9 80 13 31 119 4 0 2 2 0 0 965
Mitchell Parker, projected: 22 177 161 43 9 1 6 72 13 26 119 1 2 1 1 0 1 847
Luis Perales, actual: 6 60 47 15 2 0 5 32 13 14 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 1897
Luis Perales, projected: 6 60 47 15 2 0 5 32 13 14 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 1890
Cionel Pérez, actual: 16 73 62 16 1 0 2 23 11 12 48 0 0 0 1 0 0 837
Cionel Pérez, projected: 16 73 63 16 2 0 1 23 9 9 48 0 0 1 1 0 1 739
PJ Poulin, actual: 35 153 131 27 7 0 4 46 21 12 110 0 0 1 1 1 3 585
PJ Poulin, projected: 35 152 130 29 5 0 3 45 20 13 110 0 1 2 1 1 3 620
Orlando Ribalta, actual: 45 178 157 34 5 0 5 54 18 21 129 1 2 0 1 0 4 592
Orlando Ribalta, projected: 45 177 153 40 7 0 6 65 20 25 129 1 2 1 2 0 3 835
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Jackson Rutledge, actual: 1 12 10 6 1 1 0 9 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 7475
Jackson Rutledge, projected: 1 12 11 3 1 0 1 6 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2268
Paxton Schultz, actual: 27 153 137 43 7 1 5 67 12 26 97 1 1 1 1 1 6 1157
Paxton Schultz, projected: 27 152 136 40 9 1 5 67 12 24 97 1 2 1 1 1 3 1068
Jared Simpson, actual: 4 20 13 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 500
Jared Simpson, projected: 4 20 13 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 486
Jack Sinclair, actual: 8 37 30 4 3 0 0 7 4 2 27 0 0 3 0 0 1 358
Jack Sinclair, projected: 8 37 30 4 3 0 0 7 4 2 27 0 0 3 0 0 1 365
José Tena, actual: 1 5 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1462
José Tena, projected: 1 5 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1458
Erik Tolman, actual: 13 57 49 12 2 0 1 17 6 6 40 0 2 0 0 0 1 696
Erik Tolman, projected: 13 57 49 12 2 0 1 17 6 6 40 0 2 0 0 0 1 698
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Gus Varland, actual: 33 151 132 43 12 1 7 78 15 26 95 1 3 0 0 1 7 1354
Gus Varland, projected: 33 150 131 41 9 1 5 67 16 23 95 1 1 1 1 1 6 1188
Jorbit Vivas, actual: 4 27 23 11 3 0 1 17 1 7 12 0 0 3 1 0 0 3446
Jorbit Vivas, projected: 4 27 23 11 3 0 1 17 1 7 12 0 0 3 1 0 0 3443
Ken Waldichuk, actual: 5 41 34 8 0 0 4 20 6 7 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 1075
Ken Waldichuk, projected: 5 41 35 9 3 0 2 17 4 6 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 907
Matt Waldron, actual: 3 25 24 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 769
Matt Waldron, projected: 3 25 23 6 1 0 1 10 2 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 756
Joey Wiemer, actual: 2 16 12 7 1 0 1 11 2 5 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 5399
Joey Wiemer, projected: 2 16 12 7 1 0 1 11 2 5 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 5427
Trevor Williams, actual: 8 71 63 15 3 0 2 24 6 5 51 0 1 1 0 0 0 632
Trevor Williams, projected: 8 71 64 17 3 0 2 28 5 9 51 0 1 1 0 0 1 749
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Eddy Yean, actual: 8 45 42 8 3 0 1 14 2 3 33 0 0 1 1 0 1 523
Eddy Yean, projected: 8 45 42 8 3 0 1 14 2 3 33 0 0 1 1 0 1 527
Nationals, Actual: 158 6110 5364 1358 253 12 210 2265 587 796 4203 23 52 81 43 14 114 785
Nationals, Projected: 158 6078 5371 1357 264 15 185 2218 556 765 4203 20 47 82 41 13 95 748


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.253 0.253
Slugging Average: 0.422 0.413
Walks (per PA): 0.096 0.091
SOs (per PA): 0.204 0.208
On-Base Average: 0.333 0.329
Power Factor: 1.668 1.634
OPS: 0.755 0.742
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 785
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 748
Actual Runs Scored: 796

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