Who Should I Trade?

Carl Edwards Jr. for Jason Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU	Carl Edwards Jr. RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 873	# 661

Projections

Strikeouts	10	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.82	3.64
WHIP	1.47	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 469	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU	Carl Edwards Jr. RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	2

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	6.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	3

Earned Runs	19	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	14	11

Walks	8	4

ERA	9.33	1.50

WHIP	1.58	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU	Carl Edwards Jr. RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	13.5	5.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	14	5

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	10	6

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.82	3.64

WHIP	1.47	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU	Carl Edwards Jr. RP - DET
News
	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Tigers signed Carl Edwards Jr. to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	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	Carl Edwards Jr. cleared waivers and will report to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	Carl Edwards Jr. has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	The Mets designated Carl Edwards Jr. for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	Carl Edwards Jr. had his contract selected from Triple-A Syracuse by the New York Mets on Friday. In a corresponding move, the Mets optioned Christian Scott. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU			Carl Edwards Jr. RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Carl Edwards Jr. for Jason Alexander (2026)

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