Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Justin Martinez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 198	# 255
VBR	# 319	# 461

Projections

Strikeouts	11	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	1
ERA	3.36	3.99
WHIP	1.43	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 104	# 212

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 289

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.0	44.0

Wins	1	4

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	5

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	1	32

Earned Runs	0	20

Home Runs Allowed	0	8

Strikeouts	2	53

Walks	2	20

ERA	0.00	4.09

WHIP	1.00	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.8	10.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	7	9

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	11	11

Walks	5	5

ERA	3.36	3.99

WHIP	1.43	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
News
	The Diamondbacks activate RHP Justin Martinez from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Justin Martinez threw a perfect inning during a rehab outing for Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Justin Martinez will transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Justin Martinez will make his next rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Justin Martinez will make his next rehab appearance on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI			Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Justin Martinez (2026)

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