Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Victor Mederos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 198	‐
VBR	# 600	# 830

Projections

Strikeouts	17	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	4.79
WHIP	1.42	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 299	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 113	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	10

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	64.0	14.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	61	12

Earned Runs	28	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	63	11

Walks	31	4

ERA	3.94	3.77

WHIP	1.44	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	16

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	20.8	13.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	20	14

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	11

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.06	4.79

WHIP	1.42	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
News
	The Nationals optioned LHP Andrew Alvarez to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Victor Mederos gave up no runs, one hit, and a walk while striking out one across 2 1/3 innings to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st
	Andrew Alvarez will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Victor Mederos was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	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 Braves optioned Victor Mederos to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Andrew Alvarez couldn't find the zone often enough Tuesday despite limiting hard contact early. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th	The Atlanta Braves have called up RHP Victor Mederos. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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	The Angels designated RHP Victor Mederos for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH			Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Victor Mederos (2026)

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