Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 250	‐
VBR	# 460	# 1075

Projections

Strikeouts	21	11
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.18	4.78
WHIP	1.41	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 464

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.0	10.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	26	14

Earned Runs	18	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	40	9

Walks	15	10

ERA	4.91	9.90

WHIP	1.24	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.3	11.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	17	10

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	11

Walks	9	7

ERA	4.18	4.78

WHIP	1.41	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
		The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
		The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
		The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH			Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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