Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Franco Aleman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 251	# 346
VBR	# 428	# 483

Projections

Strikeouts	20	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.18	3.91
WHIP	1.42	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 194	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 334

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.2	14.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	27	12

Earned Runs	18	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	42	17

Walks	15	5

ERA	4.67	3.77

WHIP	1.21	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	11.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	16	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	13

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.18	3.91

WHIP	1.42	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Guardians optioned RHP Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
		Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
		Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
		The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
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			Franco Aleman RP - CLE
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Franco Aleman (2026)

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