Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Carmen Mlodzinski (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 214	# 198
VBR	# 390	# 462

Projections

Strikeouts	30	35
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	4.15
WHIP	1.36	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 198	# 293

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 106	# 113

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 146

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	14

Games Started	9	7

Innings Pitched	83.2	53.1

Wins	6	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	85	54

Earned Runs	30	25

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	66	55

Walks	28	25

ERA	3.23	4.22

WHIP	1.35	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	2	7

Innings Pitched	35.9	42.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	35	41

Earned Runs	16	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	30	35

Walks	12	17

ERA	3.98	4.15

WHIP	1.36	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
News
	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Andrew Alvarez couldn't find the zone often enough Tuesday despite limiting hard contact early. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th
	Carmen Mlodzinski pitched the final four innings on Thursday and allowed one run on four hits while striking out three to preserve a 5-1 Pirates' victory over Houston. David Leisering Fri, Jun 5th	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
	Carmen Mlodzinski was reinstated from the restricted list by the Pirates on Monday after he was placed on the list the day before. David Leisering Mon, Jun 1st	Andrew Alvarez will pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	The Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Andrew Alvarez allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 4.1 innings in Friday's loss to the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th
	Carmen Mlodzinski is expected to be available for the Pirates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Andrew Alvarez allowed one earned run on four hits and no walks while striking out six over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT			Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Carmen Mlodzinski (2026)

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