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Paxton Schultz

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 28
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #75

Born: January 5, 1998 in Orem, UT, United States
MLB debut: April 20, 2025
Drafted: 2019, round 14
College: Utah Valley

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dbWAR: .4
IP: 32.1
ERA: 6.40
FIP: 4.34
K/9: 8.9
FIP−: 104

Paxton Schultz is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2026 he struck out 32 batters over 32.1 innings across 27 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 6.40 was 53.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 16th of 18 on his team, and 506th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.34 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.7% of swings (8.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.9%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026 regular season.

FIP4.34

K/98.9

WHIP1.70

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																				Trend
2026	WSH	27	1	32.1	1	2	1	43	23	32	12	6.40	4.34	1.70	8.9	3.3	153	104	0.2
2025	TOR	13	2	24.2	0	0	0	27	12	28	8	4.38	4.07	1.42	10.2	2.9	105	98	0.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	77	67	20	3	9	16	.299	.382	.433	.361	20.8%
vs RHB	76	70	23	2	3	16	.329	.360	.543	.387	21.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Paxton Schultz throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Cutter	44.6%	272	88.8	2,268	53.7%	20.3%	50	.340	1.031
Four-Seam Fastball	33.9%	207	93.6	2,249	46.9%	14.1%	64	.219	.516
Changeup	14.3%	87	86.7	1,695	25.3%	24.1%	13	—	—
Slider	7.2%	44	84.8	2,251	22.7%	23.5%	11	—	—

Paxton Schultz's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Sammy PeraltaLAA

ERA: 6.65
FIP: 5.06
SO: 23
WAR: -0.1

Cole WinnTEX

ERA: 5.81
FIP: 4.02
SO: 49
WAR: 0.4

Nick FrassoCOL

ERA: 5.82
FIP: 4.12
SO: 22
WAR: 0.2

Adam MackoTOR

ERA: 5.23
FIP: 4.88
SO: 32
WAR: -0.1

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.