Who Should I Trade?

Alex Jackson for Cesar Salazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Jackson C - MIN	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1276	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.215	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 355	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Jackson C - MIN	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	66	18

Runs	11	0

Hits	20	1

Singles	15	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	5	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	3

Strikeouts	23	3

Batting Average	.303	.056

On Base Pct	.333	.227

Slugging Pct	.409	.056

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.283

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Jackson C - MIN	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	9	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.215	‐

On Base Pct	.253	‐

Slugging Pct	.349	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.601	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Jackson C - MIN	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
News
	The Twins selected the contract of C Alex Jackson from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Astros sent Cesar Salazar outright to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	The Twins designated C Alex Jackson for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Astros designated Cesar Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Alex Jackson went 1-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees on Saturday with a home run, a run scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	The Astros outrighted C César Salazar to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Alex Jackson had his contract purchased from Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 19th	The Astros designated C César Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Twins sent C Alex Jackson outright to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Astros catcher Cesar Salazar has not made the club's Opening Day roster, according to manager Joe Espada. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Jackson C - MIN			Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Jackson for Cesar Salazar (2026)

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