Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 26	# 255
VBR	# 214	# 461

Projections

Strikeouts	11	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	1
ERA	3.37	3.99
WHIP	1.22	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 212

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 289

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	67.2	44.0

Wins	5	4

Losses	4	3

Saves	30	5

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	5	8

Hits Allowed	50	32

Earned Runs	10	20

Home Runs Allowed	2	8

Strikeouts	83	53

Walks	18	20

ERA	1.33	4.09

WHIP	1.00	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.5	10.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	11	11

Walks	3	5

ERA	3.37	3.99

WHIP	1.22	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
News
	Louis Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Louis Varland struck out three batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Blue Jays closer Louis Varland allowed one hit and one walk with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a cleaning ninth inning with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-1 win over the Rays on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Louis Varland struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 1-0 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#305	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Louis Varland (2026)

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