Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Jose Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 97	# 265
VBR	# 222	# 408

Projections

Strikeouts	24	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.24	3.57
WHIP	1.18	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 152

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 427

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	47

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.2	41.0

Wins	1	3

Losses	0	3

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	10

Hits Allowed	14	46

Earned Runs	9	26

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	13	53

Walks	6	15

ERA	9.35	5.71

WHIP	2.31	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.5	17.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	13	15

Earned Runs	6	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	24	20

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.24	3.57

WHIP	1.18	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
News
	Edwin Diaz allowed one earned run on two hits with no walks and no strikeouts while throwing 13 pitches. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th	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 Dodgers activated RHP Edwin Díaz from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Edwin Diaz will be activated from the injured list on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Edwin Diaz will not be activated this weekend. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule out Edwin Diaz being activated this upcoming weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD			Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TB
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Jose Alvarado (2026)

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