Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	# 255
VBR	# 443	# 461

Projections

Strikeouts	13	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.35	3.99
WHIP	1.42	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 125	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 133	# 212

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 209	# 289

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	63	44

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	75.0	44.0

Wins	13	4

Losses	2	3

Saves	2	5

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	13	8

Hits Allowed	67	32

Earned Runs	28	20

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	104	53

Walks	37	20

ERA	3.36	4.09

WHIP	1.39	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.9	10.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	2

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	13	11

Walks	5	5

ERA	3.35	3.99

WHIP	1.42	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
News
	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
		The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL			Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

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