Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 255	‐
VBR	# 461	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.99	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 212	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	44.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	5	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	53	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	4.09	‐

WHIP	1.18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.99	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
		A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
		A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th
		A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

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