Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Jacob Latz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 59	# 255
VBR	# 254	# 461

Projections

Strikeouts	11	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	1
ERA	3.76	3.99
WHIP	1.30	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 70	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 84	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 63	# 212

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 66	# 289

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	44

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	59.0	44.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	1	3

Saves	25	5

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	2	8

Hits Allowed	27	32

Earned Runs	11	20

Home Runs Allowed	3	8

Strikeouts	65	53

Walks	18	20

ERA	1.68	4.09

WHIP	0.76	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.9	10.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	11	11

Walks	5	5

ERA	3.76	3.99

WHIP	1.30	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
News
	Jacob Latz allowed one hit and one walk while striking out two over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Jacob Latz walked one and struck out three over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday’s 2-0 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Jacob Latz walked one and struck out two over two scoreless innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Jacob Latz allowed one walk while striking out one over a scoreless inning to record the save in Monday’s 4-1 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 11th
	Jacob Latz allowed two hits and one walk while striking out three over two innings to earn the save in Friday's win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX			Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Jacob Latz (2026)

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