Who Should I Trade?

Drew Sommers for Jason Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 535	# 1058

Projections

Strikeouts	17	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.79	4.84
WHIP	1.44	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 402	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Sommers RP - DET	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	4

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	16.2	18.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	17	21

Earned Runs	8	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	24	14

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.32	9.33

WHIP	1.50	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Sommers RP - DET	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	10

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	17.1	11.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	16	12

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	9

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.79	4.84

WHIP	1.44	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Sommers RP - DET	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	The Tigers have recalled left-hander Drew Sommers from Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Drew Sommers is with the Tigers on standby on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	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
	Drew Sommers will serve as the Tigers’ 27th man for Sunday’s doubleheader against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Drew Sommers was with the Tigers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	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
	Sommers allowed two runs without surrendering a hit across three Grapefruit League innings. He walked four batters, hit two with pitches and threw one wild pitch during his spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th	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
	Drew Sommers RP - DET			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#342
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
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?

Drew Sommers for Jason Alexander (2026)

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