Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Jose Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 430	# 1062

Projections

Strikeouts	11	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	5.43
WHIP	1.35	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 181	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 427	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	55	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	5.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	51	4

Earned Runs	31	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	59	6

Walks	22	6

ERA	5.81	3.18

WHIP	1.52	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	2.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	8	3

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	11	3

Walks	4	2

ERA	3.63	5.43

WHIP	1.35	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
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 Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
		The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
		Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
		The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
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			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kade Strowd		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Jose Alvarado (2026)

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