Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 58	# 217
VBR	# 244	# 290

Projections

Strikeouts	53	49
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.60
WHIP	1.33	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 53	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	# 155

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	# 165

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	18

Games Started	22	8

Innings Pitched	143.2	65.0

Wins	10	5

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	140	66

Earned Runs	65	34

Home Runs Allowed	17	8

Strikeouts	110	45

Walks	38	20

ERA	4.07	4.71

WHIP	1.24	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	17

Games Started	11	9

Innings Pitched	65.5	58.5

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	62

Earned Runs	31	30

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	53	49

Walks	19	15

ERA	4.32	4.60

WHIP	1.33	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
News
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on seven hits over six innings with one strikeout and two walks in a win on Thursday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Sandy Alcantara allowed one run on three hits and four walks while striking out seven across six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with three strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Sandy Alcantara allowed three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out eight across seven innings in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed four hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Miami Marlins are not expected to trade Sandy Alcantara before the trade deadline. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA			Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

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