Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 255	‐
VBR	# 488	# 1121

Projections

Strikeouts	11	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.16	4.88
WHIP	1.45	1.67

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 212	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.0	6.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	32	8

Earned Runs	20	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	54	5

Walks	21	3

ERA	4.00	9.00

WHIP	1.18	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	9.9	4.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	9	5

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	3

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.16	4.88

WHIP	1.45	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Dodgers have designated left-hander Cole Irvin for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Cole Irvin allowed six earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st
		The Dodgers have recalled left-hander Cole Irvin from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
		Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
		The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH			Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#208	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#157	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#168
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

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