Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Andrew Alvarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 197	‐
VBR	# 470	# 855

Projections

Strikeouts	27	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	4.08
WHIP	1.43	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 297	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 113	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	57.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	58	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	4.06	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	6

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	32.4	5.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	5

Earned Runs	15	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	27	6

Walks	13	2

ERA	4.18	4.08

WHIP	1.43	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	The Nationals optioned LHP Andrew Alvarez to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Andrew Alvarez will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Andrew Alvarez allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out two over 4.1 innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Andrew Alvarez couldn't find the zone often enough Tuesday despite limiting hard contact early. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Andrew Alvarez allowed zero earned runs on two hits and one walk while striking out six over 4.2 innings in Wednesday's win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Andrew Alvarez (2026)

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