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Andrew Alvarez for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH  | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 198 | # 283 |
| VBR | # 594 | # 756 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 19 | 14 |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.01 | 4.50 |
| WHIP | 1.41 | 1.51 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | FA |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 150 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 299 | # 401 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 113 | # 183 |
| Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 16 | 10 |
| Games Started | 8 | 8 |
| Innings Pitched | 64.0 | 44.0 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 2 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 61 | 40 |
| Earned Runs | 28 | 32 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 7 |
| Strikeouts | 63 | 48 |
| Walks | 31 | 27 |
| ERA | 3.94 | 6.55 |
| WHIP | 1.44 | 1.52 |
| Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 8 | 3 |
| Games Started | 4 | 2 |
| Innings Pitched | 22.5 | 14.1 |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 22 | 13 |
| Earned Runs | 10 | 7 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 19 | 14 |
| Walks | 9 | 7 |
| ERA | 4.01 | 4.50 |
| WHIP | 1.41 | 1.51 |
| Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA | |
| News | ||
| Andrew Alvarez allowed two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out five over 6.1 innings in Monday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Tue, Aug 4th | The Brewers released Lance McCullers Jr. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th | |
| The Nationals optioned LHP Andrew Alvarez to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th | Lance McCullers Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Brewers. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th | |
| Andrew Alvarez will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th | Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th | |
| 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 | The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th | |
| Andrew Alvarez couldn't find the zone often enough Tuesday despite limiting hard contact early. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th | Brewers GM Matt Arnold said Lance McCullers Jr.'s next outing could take the form of a major league start. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (7-1) | #38 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | ||||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (7-9) | #28 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | ||||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-8) | #207 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (14-4) | #4 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (4-8) | #77 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #59 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (5-5) | #92 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #111 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-8) | #115 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #98 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ MIL | Aaron Ashby | ||||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-2) | #43 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-2) | ||||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (9-9) | #3 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (6-8) | #123 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (4-3) | #105 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (11-4) | #31 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs SF | Logan Webb (7-7) | #16 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-7) | #187 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (10-6) | #97 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (7-6) | #139 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (4-3) | #112 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs ATL | Didier Fuentes (4-1) | #148 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-2) | #290 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-4) | #150 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (3-8) | #190 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-4) | #150 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #91 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ NYM | David Peterson (6-7) | #89 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-9) | #50 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (11-5) | #5 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-2) | #43 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (6-1) | #39 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (9-4) | #48 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (7-3) | #84 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7) | ||||
| Fri, May 8th | @ MIA | Robby Snelling (0-1) | ||||
| Sat, May 9th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (5-6) | #119 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (12-6) | #58 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ CIN | Brady Singer (5-10) | #151 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (3-2) | #114 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (13-1) | #26 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (4-10) | #63 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #135 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (8-2) | #132 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (3-3) | #45 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (7-7) | #34 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | vs NYM | Zac Thornton (2-2) | #156 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs NYM | David Peterson (6-7) | #89 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (7-6) | #139 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (7-4) | #182 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (7-6) | #204 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (4-11) | #51 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-7) | #85 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (11-6) | #24 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-3) | #300 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | vs SD | Michael King (6-8) | #57 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | vs SD | Griffin Canning (3-9) | #162 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (12-6) | #58 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs MIA | Lake Bachar (1-2) | #212 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs MIA | Max Meyer (9-1) | #86 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (8-9) | #126 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4) | #129 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (8-3) | #69 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ SF | Logan Webb (7-7) | #16 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-7) | #187 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (10-6) | #97 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (4-5) | #33 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (3-9) | #62 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (6-6) | #75 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs KC | Mitch Spence (0-2) | #306 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (5-8) | #72 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs KC | Luinder Avila (5-4) | #307 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (6-9) | #49 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TB | Ian Seymour (8-3) | #87 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ TB | Nick Martinez (10-3) | #100 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs PHI | Tim Mayza (3-3) | #171 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (10-5) | #10 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-9) | #55 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (14-4) | #4 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (6-7) | #70 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (8-2) | #132 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-10) | #44 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (4-3) | #22 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #167 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (6-6) | #40 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (6-8) | #123 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (11-4) | #31 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (4-8) | #101 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (4-9) | #222 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (6-4) | #143 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-5) | #276 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (5-7) | #66 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (10-6) | #15 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs NYY | Will Warren (8-5) | #64 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ATH | Gage Jump (4-7) | #81 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (8-6) | #160 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (5-4) | #191 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (3-10) | #318 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-10) | #432 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ COL | Gabriel Hughes (0-3) | #240 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4) | #129 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ARI | Mitch Bratt (0-1) | #196 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ARI | Kohl Drake (0-0) | #261 | |||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs TOR | Max Scherzer (1-4) | #144 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs TOR | Shane Bieber (3-2) | #93 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (5-5) | #73 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (7-4) | #182 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (7-6) | #139 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ ATL | Martin Perez (7-6) | #204 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-2) | #290 | |||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-9) | #55 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (10-5) | #10 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-8) | #207 | |||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (14-4) | #4 | |||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-7) | #110 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (13-1) | #26 | |||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (5-10) | #151 | |||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (6-1) | #225 | |||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs CHC | Kevin Gausman (5-10) | #25 | |||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs CHC | Kevin Gausman (5-10) | #25 | |||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ NYM | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ NYM | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ NYM | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ TEX | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ TEX | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ MIA | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ MIA | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ MIA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs COL | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs COL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs COL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs MIA | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs MIA | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs MIA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs ATL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs ATL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ LAD | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ LAD | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ LAD | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SD | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SD | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SD | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs LAA | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs LAA | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs LAA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs PHI | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs PHI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ STL | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ STL | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ STL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ DET | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs NYM | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs NYM | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs NYM | |||||
