Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Fernando Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 255	# 254
VBR	# 461	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.99	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 212	# 185

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 306

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	61

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.0	54.2

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	6

Saves	5	2

Blown Saves	1	6

Holds	8	19

Hits Allowed	32	41

Earned Runs	20	19

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	53	67

Walks	20	32

ERA	4.09	3.13

WHIP	1.18	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.99	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Fernando Cruz has been diagnosed with a partially torn UCL in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
		Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
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			Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs BOS	Raymond Burgos
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Fernando Cruz (2026)

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