Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for J.P. France (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 279	‐
VBR	# 380	# 1062

Projections

Strikeouts	25	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.54	4.72
WHIP	1.30	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 187	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 427	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.0	6.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	44	6

Earned Runs	25	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	49	4

Walks	14	5

ERA	6.43	8.10

WHIP	1.66	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	5.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	5

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	25	5

Walks	9	3

ERA	3.54	4.72

WHIP	1.30	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
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	J.P. France has been sent down to Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 20th
	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Astros designated J.P. France for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
		The Astros recalled J.P. France. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
		J.P. France is returning to Seattle to re-join the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
		The Astros optioned RHP J.P. France to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
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			J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#292	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for J.P. France (2026)

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