Who Should I Trade?

Brad Keller for Jason Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 232	‐
VBR	‐	# 1042

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	5
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.89
WHIP	‐	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 209	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 274	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 278	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	4

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	31.1	18.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	13	0

Hits Allowed	29	21

Earned Runs	14	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	32	14

Walks	13	8

ERA	4.02	9.33

WHIP	1.34	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	6.6

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	5

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.89

WHIP	‐	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Brad Keller underwent a right elbow UCL reconstruction surgery with an internal brace and flexor tendon repair. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Phillies transferred Brad Keller to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Jason Alexander allowed nine earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, May 27th
	The Philadelphia Phillies have placed Brad Keller on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Brad Keller will be activated from the injured list on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Jason Alexander allowed four hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, May 20th
	Brad Keller threw live batting practice on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brad Keller RP - PHI			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kade Strowd		vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
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 (0-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Keller for Jason Alexander (2026)

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