Who Should I Trade?

Sandy Alcantara for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 4	# 52
VBR	# 25	# 249

Projections

Strikeouts	64	46
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.81	4.31
WHIP	1.02	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	# 57

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	# 98

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	# 53

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	# 53

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 81

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 34

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	24

Games Started	16	24

Innings Pitched	96.2	156.2

Wins	7	12

Losses	5	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	148

Earned Runs	30	65

Home Runs Allowed	10	17

Strikeouts	116	120

Walks	14	41

ERA	2.79	3.73

WHIP	0.91	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	9

Innings Pitched	53.9	57.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	42	56

Earned Runs	17	27

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	64	46

Walks	11	17

ERA	2.81	4.31

WHIP	1.02	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA
News
	Tarik Skubal will take the mound for the first time for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings to earn the win in Sunday's 2-0 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Tarik Skubal is expected to make his debut with the Dodgers on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	The Detroit Tigers have traded two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers in a four-player deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer 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
	The Tigers still expect Tarik Skubal to make his next start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD			Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Sandy Alcantara for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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