Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Ryan Walker RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 250	# 230
VBR	# 444	# 541

Projections

Strikeouts	21	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.13	3.76
WHIP	1.40	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	# 192

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 458

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 206

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Ryan Walker RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.0	26.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	2	3

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	26	33

Earned Runs	18	22

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	40	19

Walks	15	15

ERA	4.91	7.52

WHIP	1.24	1.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Ryan Walker RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.8	14.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	17	13

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	13

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.13	3.76

WHIP	1.40	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Ryan Walker RP - SF
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
		The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
		Ryan Walker worked a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Dodgers, allowing no hits and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 23rd
		Ryan Walker struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 22nd
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			Ryan Walker RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Ryan Walker (2026)

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