Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	# 386
VBR	# 430	# 746

Projections

Strikeouts	11	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	3.55
WHIP	1.35	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 181	# 391

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 427	# 429

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Nick Mears RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	55	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	19.1

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	11	5

Hits Allowed	51	18

Earned Runs	31	11

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	59	15

Walks	22	11

ERA	5.81	5.12

WHIP	1.52	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Nick Mears RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	2.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	8	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	11	2

Walks	4	1

ERA	3.63	3.55

WHIP	1.35	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Nick Mears RP - KC
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	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
		Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
		The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
		Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
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			Nick Mears RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kade Strowd		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for Nick Mears (2026)

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