Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 266	‐
VBR	# 728	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	1	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.24	‐
WHIP	1.51	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 260

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 224	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	56	35

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	55.1	36.2

Wins	5	3

Losses	4	0

Saves	6	3

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	9	7

Hits Allowed	44	27

Earned Runs	24	10

Home Runs Allowed	10	4

Strikeouts	65	25

Walks	25	21

ERA	3.90	2.45

WHIP	1.25	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	1.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	1	‐

Earned Runs	0	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	4.24	‐

WHIP	1.51	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	PJ Poulin is progressing through a throwing program. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	PJ Poulin is on track to return at some point in September. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
		The Nationals transferred PJ Poulin to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
		PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
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			PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	vs SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs MIA	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#236	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#239	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#112	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#123	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#137	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-5)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#268
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#139	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#147
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#139	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#37
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	vs NYM	Jefry Yan
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#56
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#131
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET	River Ryan (0-1)	#75

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for PJ Poulin (2026)

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