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Nationals 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Nationals Projected Pitching

Through games of Monday, 31 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 0.992)

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: 21 382 335 78 16 3 5 115 41 35 272 1 2 3 2 0 7 597
Andrew Alvarez, projected: 21 379 333 74 14 2 5 107 40 34 272 1 2 3 3 0 6 563
Clayton Beeter, actual: 46 190 153 29 3 0 6 50 30 18 133 2 2 3 0 4 10 651
Clayton Beeter, projected: 46 189 153 28 4 0 5 48 30 20 133 2 2 2 0 2 9 599
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: 29 640 576 137 22 0 17 210 46 64 458 1 4 13 4 0 8 627
Cade Cavalli, projected: 29 635 570 144 24 1 17 221 45 71 458 1 4 14 5 0 9 693
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 70 17 4 0 1 24 20 17 60 1 4 0 0 0 1 972
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 73 64 15 2 1 2 23 6 10 49 0 1 2 0 0 1 783
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: 6 24 19 9 1 0 1 13 5 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2473
Yovanny Cruz, projected: 6 24 20 6 1 0 1 9 3 3 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 1296
Will Dion, actual: 7 63 56 8 3 0 2 17 7 4 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 291
Will Dion, projected: 7 63 58 14 3 0 3 24 4 8 53 0 0 0 0 0 1 555
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: 22 520 473 110 24 1 18 189 34 54 388 3 2 7 5 0 5 611
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 69 57 13 2 0 2 23 9 9 41 0 0 3 0 0 2 972
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: 17 362 310 75 14 0 14 131 39 55 245 0 4 9 2 0 11 869
Jake Irvin, projected: 17 359 323 82 16 1 15 145 30 50 245 0 2 4 3 0 5 829
Jackson Kent, actual: 4 88 73 18 5 0 1 26 15 12 58 0 0 0 0 0 3 778
Jackson Kent, projected: 4 87 72 18 5 0 1 26 15 12 58 0 0 0 0 0 3 770
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: 16 83 71 23 5 1 3 39 10 14 51 1 0 1 0 0 2 1291
Max Kranick, projected: 16 82 73 20 5 0 2 33 7 11 51 0 1 1 0 1 1 901
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
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Zack Littell, actual: 23 481 436 115 16 1 25 208 35 69 337 1 6 3 4 0 10 872
Zack Littell, projected: 23 477 441 115 23 1 20 200 27 56 337 1 3 4 3 1 6 761
Brad Lord, actual: 33 297 258 55 6 0 8 85 28 30 209 1 2 7 4 3 1 614
Brad Lord, projected: 33 295 263 63 10 1 9 101 25 33 209 1 2 3 2 1 1 658
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 25 6 0 3 42 11 15 69 1 1 3 0 1 1 870
Miles Mikolas, actual: 25 498 467 137 28 0 27 246 23 80 348 0 6 2 4 0 9 938
Miles Mikolas, projected: 25 494 460 122 24 2 17 202 23 61 348 2 4 4 4 1 5 726
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: 22 177 160 43 9 1 6 71 13 26 119 1 2 1 1 0 1 847
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Luis Perales, actual: 2 21 17 8 0 0 1 11 4 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 3361
Luis Perales, projected: 2 21 17 8 0 0 1 11 4 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 3321
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 72 62 16 2 0 1 23 8 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: 35 152 129 29 5 0 3 44 20 13 110 0 1 2 1 1 3 620
Orlando Ribalta, actual: 44 175 154 34 5 0 5 54 18 21 126 1 2 0 1 0 4 615
Orlando Ribalta, projected: 44 174 150 39 7 0 6 64 20 25 126 1 2 1 2 0 3 854
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
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Erik Tolman, actual: 5 23 21 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 91
Erik Tolman, projected: 5 23 21 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 97
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 0 875
Matt Waldron, actual: 2 23 22 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 1 959
Matt Waldron, projected: 2 23 21 6 1 0 1 9 2 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 891
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
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
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 70 64 17 3 0 2 28 5 9 51 0 1 1 0 0 1 749
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: 140 5427 4771 1218 219 11 190 2029 510 707 3732 22 48 73 38 13 106 702
Nationals, Projected: 140 5387 4773 1212 237 14 167 1982 475 676 3732 19 41 71 36 10 85 665


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.255 0.254
Slugging Average: 0.425 0.415
Walks (per PA): 0.094 0.088
SOs (per PA): 0.200 0.206
On-Base Average: 0.333 0.328
Power Factor: 1.666 1.635
OPS: 0.759 0.743
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 702
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 665
Actual Runs Scored: 707

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