Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Jason Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 237	‐
VBR	# 578	# 1066

Projections

Strikeouts	14	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.87
WHIP	1.35	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 242	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	# 469

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


Games Played	27	4

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	58.0	18.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	50	21

Earned Runs	25	19

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	52	14

Walks	21	8

ERA	3.88	9.33

WHIP	1.22	1.58

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


Games Played	16	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	17.3	9.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	7

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.12	4.87

WHIP	1.35	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Brad Lord began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Rochester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Brad Lord is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. 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 Nationals placed Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Brad Lord will open for the Nationals on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	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
		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 Lord SP,RP - WSH			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Jason Alexander (2026)

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