Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 234	‐
VBR	# 389	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	6	0
ERA	4.16	4.47
WHIP	1.40	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 150	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	28.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	23	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.79	‐

WHIP	1.21	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	23.4	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	21	3

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	26	2

Walks	11	1

ERA	4.16	4.47

WHIP	1.40	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
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			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

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