Who Should I Trade?

Jake Irvin for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 58	# 270
VBR	# 259	# 505

Projections

Strikeouts	48	33
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.82
WHIP	1.32	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 53	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	# 345

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	# 182

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	12

Games Started	23	12

Innings Pitched	150.2	56.2

Wins	11	2

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	144	50

Earned Runs	65	34

Home Runs Allowed	17	9

Strikeouts	115	59

Walks	39	24

ERA	3.88	5.40

WHIP	1.21	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	59.6	40.3

Wins	3	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	41

Earned Runs	29	22

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	48	33

Walks	17	14

ERA	4.31	4.82

WHIP	1.32	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
News
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Jake Irvin allowed five earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out one over five innings in Thursday's loss to Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jul 31st
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Nationals activated RHP Jake Irvin from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Sandy Alcantara allowed one run on three hits and four walks while striking out seven across six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	Nationals manager Blake Butera confirmed that Jake Irvin will be activated from the injured list to start Thursday’s game against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Jake Irvin is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Sandy Alcantara allowed three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out eight across seven innings in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Jake Irvin is making a rehab start on Friday for Double-A Harrisburg. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA			Jake Irvin SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Irvin for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

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