Who Should I Trade?

Dean Kremer for Jason Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dean Kremer SP - BAL	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	# 209	‐
VBR	# 325	# 1079

Projections

Strikeouts	47	9
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.83
WHIP	1.33	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 108	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dean Kremer SP - BAL	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	4

Games Started	7	2

Innings Pitched	36.0	18.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	21

Earned Runs	26	19

Home Runs Allowed	12	4

Strikeouts	38	14

Walks	11	8

ERA	6.50	9.33

WHIP	1.36	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dean Kremer SP - BAL	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	52.6	12.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	13

Earned Runs	27	7

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	47	9

Walks	17	4

ERA	4.54	4.83

WHIP	1.33	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dean Kremer SP - BAL	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Dean Kremer allowed eight earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Tuesday's 14-0 loss to the Tigers. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 29th	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Dean Kremer will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Dean Kremer allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday's win over Houston. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Dean Kremer will start for the Orioles on Friday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Dean Kremer allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 9th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dean Kremer SP - BAL			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Dean Kremer for Jason Alexander (2026)

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