The Washington Nationals recalled left-handed pitcher Carson Palmquist from Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday and optioned right-handed pitcher Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations Paul Toboni made the announcements.
Palmquist, 25, will start tonight’s game against Philadelphia as he joins the Nationals for the first time this season after he was acquired from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for cash on May 25. In seven games for Triple-A Rochester, he has pitched to a 3.27 ERA with six strikeouts and a .147 opponents average (5-for-34) in 11.0 innings. Over his last four outings, Palmquist allowed just one earned run in 6.0 innings (1.50 ERA), struck out five and allowed only two hits.
Originally drafted by the Rockies in the third round of the 2022 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Miami, Palmquist made his Major League debut for Colorado on May 16, 2025, at Arizona. He went on to pitch in nine Major League games last season and made seven starts, including an eight-strikeout performance in 4.2 innings against the New York Mets on June 1, 2025.
A native of Fort Myers, Fla., Palmquist has pitched in five Minor League seasons, going 19-20 with a 4.32 ERA and 403 strikeouts in 324.2 innings over 92 games (63 starts). His 11.19 strikeouts per 9.0 innings since his first season in 2022 ranks 16th in all of Minor League Baseball.