Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 4	# 200
VBR	# 19	# 536

Projections

Strikeouts	63	24
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.86	4.07
WHIP	1.02	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	# 157

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 299

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	16

Games Started	17	8

Innings Pitched	102.2	64.0

Wins	7	2

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	78	61

Earned Runs	32	28

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	122	63

Walks	16	31

ERA	2.81	3.94

WHIP	0.92	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	5

Innings Pitched	52.4	29.4

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	28

Earned Runs	17	13

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	63	24

Walks	10	12

ERA	2.86	4.07

WHIP	1.02	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
News
	Tarik Skubal allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Tuesday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Tarik Skubal will take the mound for the first time for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Nationals optioned LHP Andrew Alvarez to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Tarik Skubal is expected to make his debut with the Dodgers on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Andrew Alvarez will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Detroit Tigers have traded two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers in a four-player deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Andrew Alvarez couldn't find the zone often enough Tuesday despite limiting hard contact early. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD			Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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