Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Jose Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 415	# 877

Projections

Strikeouts	10	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	4.08
WHIP	1.32	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 181	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 427	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	55	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	4.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	51	6

Earned Runs	31	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	59	4

Walks	22	4

ERA	5.81	9.64

WHIP	1.52	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.4	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	8	3

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	3

Walks	4	1

ERA	3.65	4.08

WHIP	1.32	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	Jose Alvarado gave up one hit while striking out two in a scoreless bottom of the ninth during Wednesday's 3-0 over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#49	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#234	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#270	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#168
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kade Strowd		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Jose Alvarado (2026)

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