Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 52	# 117
VBR	# 249	# 421

Projections

Strikeouts	46	40
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.76
WHIP	1.32	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	# 204

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 53	# 117

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 53	# 116

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	# 201

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	# 85

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	21

Games Started	24	21

Innings Pitched	156.2	119.2

Wins	12	7

Losses	6	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	148	109

Earned Runs	65	51

Home Runs Allowed	17	19

Strikeouts	120	101

Walks	41	40

ERA	3.73	3.84

WHIP	1.21	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	9

Innings Pitched	57.1	47.8

Wins	3	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	50

Earned Runs	27	25

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	46	40

Walks	17	16

ERA	4.31	4.76

WHIP	1.32	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
News
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings to earn the win in Sunday's 2-0 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Bryce Elder allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Nationals. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Bryce Elder gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over five innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 26th
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four over six-plus innings in Monday's 3-2 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Bryce Elder will start Monday's series opener against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Bryce Elder allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 10-5 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA			Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

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