Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for Jose Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 430	# 1051

Projections

Strikeouts	11	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	5.05
WHIP	1.35	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 181	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 427	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	55	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	25.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	51	22

Earned Runs	31	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	59	17

Walks	22	14

ERA	5.81	4.21

WHIP	1.52	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	3.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	8	3

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	11	3

Walks	4	2

ERA	3.63	5.05

WHIP	1.35	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
News
	Jose Alvarado gave up one hit while striking out two in a scoreless bottom of the ninth during Wednesday's 3-0 over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th	The Cubs activated RHP Ethan Roberts from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Ethan Roberts made a rehab appearance on August 1. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
		Ethan Roberts is on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
		The Cubs have placed right-hander Ethan Roberts (forearm) on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
		The Cubs recalled RHP Ethan Roberts from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 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
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI			Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kade Strowd		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for Jose Alvarado (2026)

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