Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 248	# 337
VBR	# 461	# 572

Projections

Strikeouts	20	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.15	4.18
WHIP	1.43	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 285

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 194	# 378

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	32

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	43.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	6

Hits Allowed	27	26

Earned Runs	18	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	41	47

Walks	15	25

ERA	4.72	2.30

WHIP	1.22	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.3	16.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	17	14

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	17

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.15	4.18

WHIP	1.43	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
		The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
		Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
		Matsui (groin) has received clearance to throw off a mound and took part in defensive drills on Monday. Opening Day availability remains uncertain. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH			Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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