Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Shinnosuke Ogasawara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 197	‐
VBR	# 576	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	5.37
WHIP	1.42	1.19

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

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	Shinnosuke Ogasawara SP,RP - WSH
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	Shinnosuke Ogasawara SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	14

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	22.7	2.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	3

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.12	5.37

WHIP	1.42	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	Shinnosuke Ogasawara SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Nationals optioned LHP Andrew Alvarez to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Nationals reassigned LHP Shinnosuke Ogasawara to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	Andrew Alvarez will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Shinnosuke Ogasawara is scheduled to start one of the Nationals two split-squad games on Saturday. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 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
	Andrew Alvarez couldn't find the zone often enough Tuesday despite limiting hard contact early. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th
	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
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH			Shinnosuke Ogasawara SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#137	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#137
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#327	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#327
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Shinnosuke Ogasawara (2026)

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