Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Rico Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	# 251
VBR	# 461	# 428

Projections

Strikeouts	18	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	3
ERA	4.30	4.18
WHIP	1.33	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 158	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	# 289

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 234	# 194

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	53	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.2	34.2

Wins	4	3

Losses	1	3

Saves	5	2

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	14	5

Hits Allowed	28	27

Earned Runs	16	18

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	50	42

Walks	15	15

ERA	2.96	4.67

WHIP	0.88	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.1	18.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	15	16

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	18	20

Walks	7	9

ERA	4.30	4.18

WHIP	1.33	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
News
	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 3rd	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Rico Garcia struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 11th	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th
	Rico Garcia pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two walks, while striking out two to earn the save in the Orioles win over the White Sox Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 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
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL			Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Rico Garcia (2026)

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