Who Should I Trade?

Cooper Criswell for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 251	# 330
VBR	# 428	# 619

Projections

Strikeouts	20	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.18	4.10
WHIP	1.42	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 194	# 301

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 336

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.2	30.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	27	28

Earned Runs	18	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	42	23

Walks	15	8

ERA	4.67	3.52

WHIP	1.21	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	12.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	16	12

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	10

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.18	4.10

WHIP	1.42	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Cooper Criswell is targeting his return in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	The Mariners transferred Cooper Criswell to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Cooper Criswell will undergo an MRI on July 6. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
		The Mariners expect Cooper Criswell to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
		The Mariners placed RHP Cooper Criswell on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH			Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Cooper Criswell for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

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