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Nationals 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Nationals Projected Pitching

Through games of Monday, 10 August 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 0.993)

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: 17 296 259 65 13 3 2 90 32 29 208 0 2 3 1 0 7 640
Andrew Alvarez, projected: 17 294 258 60 11 2 2 83 31 28 208 0 1 3 2 0 6 572
Clayton Beeter, actual: 38 152 123 22 3 0 6 43 23 16 108 2 2 2 0 3 7 649
Clayton Beeter, projected: 38 151 123 22 3 0 5 40 23 17 108 2 2 1 0 2 6 601
Jake Bird, actual: 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Bird, projected: 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 486
Cade Cavalli, actual: 25 552 496 128 21 0 15 194 39 62 386 1 4 12 4 0 7 718
Cade Cavalli, projected: 25 548 491 132 22 1 15 201 39 67 386 1 3 13 5 0 8 771
Riley Cornelio, actual: 11 96 71 17 4 0 1 24 20 17 60 1 4 0 0 0 1 966
Riley Cornelio, projected: 11 95 71 17 4 0 1 24 20 17 60 1 4 0 0 0 1 972
Tom Cosgrove, actual: 10 40 34 7 1 0 1 11 3 3 30 0 2 1 0 0 0 547
Tom Cosgrove, projected: 10 40 35 8 1 0 1 11 3 4 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 518
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: 3 12 9 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1114
Yovanny Cruz, projected: 3 12 10 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 432
Will Dion, actual: 2 12 11 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
Will Dion, projected: 2 12 11 3 0 0 0 5 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
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
Foster Griffin, actual: 22 524 483 109 18 0 19 184 30 49 388 2 1 8 5 0 6 583
Foster Griffin, projected: 22 521 473 110 21 1 19 189 33 54 388 4 3 8 5 0 6 626
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
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Jake Irvin, actual: 13 268 234 54 10 0 10 94 26 41 186 0 2 6 2 0 7 770
Jake Irvin, projected: 13 266 240 61 12 1 11 107 22 37 186 0 1 3 2 0 3 798
Zak Kent, actual: 8 49 46 14 7 0 1 24 2 8 32 0 1 0 2 0 2 1183
Zak Kent, projected: 8 49 43 12 3 0 1 19 5 8 32 0 0 0 1 0 1 911
Max Kranick, actual: 8 40 34 11 3 0 2 20 4 8 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 1218
Max Kranick, projected: 8 40 36 10 2 0 1 16 3 5 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 790
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 26 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: 23 478 442 113 22 1 20 197 27 55 337 1 3 4 3 1 6 747
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Brad Lord, actual: 29 262 232 52 5 0 7 78 21 27 185 0 2 6 4 2 0 626
Brad Lord, projected: 29 260 234 57 9 1 8 91 21 30 185 1 2 3 2 1 1 676
Richard Lovelady, actual: 27 114 91 26 6 0 3 41 17 10 69 3 0 3 0 3 1 1034
Richard Lovelady, projected: 27 113 97 26 6 0 3 42 11 15 69 1 1 3 0 1 1 888
Miles Mikolas, actual: 24 487 457 136 28 0 26 242 23 79 339 0 6 1 4 0 8 951
Miles Mikolas, projected: 24 484 451 120 24 2 16 197 23 60 339 2 4 4 4 1 4 729
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 77 63 20 4 0 3 35 10 15 49 1 2 2 0 0 4 1370
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
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 8 9 48 0 0 1 1 0 1 729
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
PJ Poulin, actual: 35 153 131 27 7 0 4 46 21 12 110 0 0 1 1 1 3 585
PJ Poulin, projected: 35 152 129 29 5 0 3 44 20 13 110 0 1 2 1 1 3 620
Orlando Ribalta, actual: 37 143 127 28 5 0 3 42 13 16 105 1 2 0 1 0 3 543
Orlando Ribalta, projected: 37 142 123 33 6 0 4 52 16 20 105 0 1 1 2 0 2 814
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 66 12 24 97 1 2 1 1 1 3 1068
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: 3 18 16 8 3 0 1 14 1 6 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 3929
Jorbit Vivas, projected: 3 18 16 8 3 0 1 14 1 6 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 3942
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
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 0 875
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: 5 33 30 6 1 0 0 7 2 0 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 299
Trevor Williams, projected: 5 33 30 8 2 0 1 13 2 4 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 648
Eddy Yean, actual: 7 39 36 5 3 0 1 11 2 2 30 0 0 1 1 0 1 414
Eddy Yean, projected: 7 39 36 5 3 0 1 11 2 2 30 0 0 1 1 0 1 417
Nationals, Actual: 120 4671 4125 1068 194 8 165 1773 417 619 3212 20 43 63 35 11 86 607
Nationals, Projected: 120 4643 4124 1058 204 13 144 1731 394 588 3212 18 35 63 34 9 69 574


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.259 0.257
Slugging Average: 0.430 0.420
Walks (per PA): 0.089 0.085
SOs (per PA): 0.194 0.202
On-Base Average: 0.333 0.328
Power Factor: 1.660 1.636
OPS: 0.763 0.748
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 607
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 574
Actual Runs Scored: 619

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