Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 255	# 358
VBR	# 488	# 463

Projections

Strikeouts	11	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.16	4.01
WHIP	1.45	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 212	# 332

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	58

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.0	57.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	8	7

Hits Allowed	32	58

Earned Runs	20	22

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	54	62

Walks	21	16

ERA	4.00	3.45

WHIP	1.18	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.9	9.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	10

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.16	4.01

WHIP	1.45	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Matt Festa worked around a walk and punched out one to secure the save in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Royals. He tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the appearance. Matthew Adam Thu, Apr 9th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#208	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#393
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#157	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Matt Festa (2026)

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