Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Michael Petersen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Michael Petersen RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 234	# 303
VBR	# 389	# 476

Projections

Strikeouts	26	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	6	2
ERA	4.16	4.16
WHIP	1.40	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 267

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 150	# 324

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Michael Petersen RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	41

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	28.0	43.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	4	17

Hits Allowed	23	26

Earned Runs	18	14

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	35	51

Walks	11	17

ERA	5.79	2.91

WHIP	1.21	0.99

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Michael Petersen RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.4	20.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	6	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	21	19

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	26	22

Walks	11	9

ERA	4.16	4.16

WHIP	1.40	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Michael Petersen RP - MIA
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Michael Petersen is dealing with right hamstring tightness and will undergo further testing to determine the severity. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Michael Petersen earned his first save of the season, striking out two batters and allowing two hits in a scoreless inning during Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 9th
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			Michael Petersen RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Michael Petersen (2026)

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