Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Kenley Jansen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 67	# 255
VBR	# 282	# 461

Projections

Strikeouts	11	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	4	1
ERA	4.07	3.99
WHIP	1.24	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 75	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 64	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	# 212

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	# 289

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	44.0

Wins	3	4

Losses	5	3

Saves	17	5

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	1	8

Hits Allowed	22	32

Earned Runs	16	20

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	41	53

Walks	20	20

ERA	4.08	4.09

WHIP	1.19	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.6	10.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	11	11

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.07	3.99

WHIP	1.24	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
News
	Kenley Jansen struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Monday's 8-5 win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Kenley Jansen needed just 10 pitches to toss a scoreless frame and earn the save in Thursday's 3-0 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Kenley Jansen allowed one earned run on one hit and two walks to earn the save in Tuesday’s 6-4 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th
	Kenley Jansen struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on two hits to earn the save in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 2-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET			Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Kenley Jansen (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation