Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Jose Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	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	# 253	‐
VBR	# 415	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.23	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 427	‐

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


Games Played	64	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	56.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	16	‐

Hits Allowed	61	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	69	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	5.11	‐

WHIP	1.56	‐

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


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.23	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	Jose Alvarado gave up one hit while striking out two in a scoreless bottom of the ninth during Wednesday's 3-0 over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	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
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-3)	#62	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#13
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#63	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#158
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#53	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#230	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#260	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#247
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#29
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#35	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#107	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#182	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#247	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#6	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#36	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#6	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#259
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#268
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#36
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#84
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#363	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#2
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#357	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#255
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#166	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#357
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#84	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#2	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#230
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#189	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#49	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#85
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#195	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#349
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#15	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#223	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#230
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#37	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#368
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#144	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#85
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#336	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#338	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#74	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#105	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#5	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#141
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#336	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#338	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#79
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#74
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#110	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#321
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#108	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#332
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#100	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#331
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#195
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#202	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#187
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#332	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#48	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#346
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#29	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#101	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#63	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#213
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#154	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#59	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#2	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#268
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#338
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#195	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#350	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#5
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#96	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#213
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#141	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#363
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#74	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#211
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#183	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#30	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#332	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#202	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#178	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#51	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#15
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#336
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#194	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#338
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#34	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#108	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#172	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#74
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#356
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#213	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#76	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#354
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#6
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#66	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#93	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#124	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#39
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#189
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#168	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#331
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#76	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#195
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#11	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#47
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#36
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#85
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#33	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#312
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#301	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-1)	#353
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#107	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#70
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#115	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#233
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#6	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#140
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#247	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#203
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#222
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#92
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#104	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#17	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#306
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#102
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#155
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#48
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#214	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#124
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH	Jared Simpson		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#202
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#154	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#149	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#30
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#357
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#361
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#65	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#364
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#19	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#338
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#124
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#96
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#91
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#140
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Jose Alvarado (2026)

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