Who Should I Trade?

Adrian Del Castillo for Francisco Alvarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Adrian Del Castillo C,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	# 339
VBR	# 324	# 1268

Projections

Runs	9	0
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	10	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.230	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 105	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 121	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 166	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 203	# 274

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	# 457

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Adrian Del Castillo C,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	305	176

Runs	29	18

Hits	71	36

Singles	47	24

Doubles	11	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	13	5

RBI	31	26

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	36	13

Strikeouts	104	54

Batting Average	.233	.205

On Base Pct	.321	.258

Slugging Pct	.397	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.593

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Adrian Del Castillo C,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	68	4

Runs	9	0

Hits	16	1

Singles	10	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	10	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	0

Strikeouts	21	1

Batting Average	.230	.242

On Base Pct	.313	.270

Slugging Pct	.411	.301

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Adrian Del Castillo C,DH - ARI
News
	Francisco Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	The Diamondbacks optioned Adrian Del Castillo to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	The Mets are reportedly shopping Francisco Alvarez in a trade. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Diamondbacks recalled C Adrian Del Castillo from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Francisco Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	The Diamondbacks optioned C Adrian Del Castillo to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Francisco Alvarez went 2-for-3 in Thursday’s win over the Phillies with two solo home runs and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Adrian Del Castillo went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 4-3 win over the Brewers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
	Francisco Alvarez went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday’s 9-6 loss to the Cubs. He drove in the Mets’ first two runs with a two-run single in his first plate appearance before adding a 403-foot solo homer off Phil Maton in the seventh inning. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 24th	Adrian Del Castillo went 1-for-5 in Wednesday's win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM			Adrian Del Castillo C,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa		@ SF	Yunior Marte
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Adrian Del Castillo for Francisco Alvarez (2026)

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