Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Shane Bieber (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	# 197
VBR	# 290	# 606

Projections

Strikeouts	44	24
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.23
WHIP	1.29	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 161	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	# 297

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 390	# 113

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 190	# 146

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	15

Games Started	7	7

Innings Pitched	31.1	57.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	33	58

Earned Runs	20	26

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	22	58

Walks	18	28

ERA	5.74	4.06

WHIP	1.63	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	9	5

Innings Pitched	51.4	28.8

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	28

Earned Runs	24	14

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	44	24

Walks	14	12

ERA	4.26	4.23

WHIP	1.29	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber pitched seven innings of one-run ball while picking up the win over the Rays on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Nationals optioned LHP Andrew Alvarez to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Shane Bieber allowed three hits and two walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Saturday's 1-0 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Andrew Alvarez will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Shane Bieber allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Padres. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber allowed seven earned runs across four innings while taking the loss on Saturday against the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Andrew Alvarez couldn't find the zone often enough Tuesday despite limiting hard contact early. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber allowed two earned runs across 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision on Sunday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR			Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#255	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#147	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Shane Bieber (2026)

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