Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 255
VBR	# 404	# 488

Projections

Strikeouts	10	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.72	4.16
WHIP	1.25	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 289

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	# 212

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	45

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	45.0

Wins	1	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	5

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	6	8

Hits Allowed	25	32

Earned Runs	14	20

Home Runs Allowed	2	8

Strikeouts	21	54

Walks	12	21

ERA	6.52	4.00

WHIP	1.91	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.5	9.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	8	9

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	11

Walks	4	5

ERA	3.72	4.16

WHIP	1.25	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
News
	The Astros activated Bennett Sousa from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 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
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU			Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#238	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#157
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10

Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

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