Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 58	‐
VBR	# 259	# 940

Projections

Strikeouts	48	4
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.54
WHIP	1.32	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	1

Games Started	23	0

Innings Pitched	150.2	6.0

Wins	11	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	144	8

Earned Runs	65	6

Home Runs Allowed	17	1

Strikeouts	115	5

Walks	39	3

ERA	3.88	9.00

WHIP	1.21	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	59.6	5.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	5

Earned Runs	29	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	48	4

Walks	17	2

ERA	4.31	4.54

WHIP	1.32	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
News
	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	The Dodgers have designated left-hander Cole Irvin for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	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	The Dodgers have recalled left-hander Cole Irvin from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	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	The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 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			Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

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