Who Should I Trade?

Foster Griffin for Jason Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 58	‐
VBR	# 219	# 1042

Projections

Strikeouts	25	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	4.89
WHIP	1.28	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 47	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 122	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 27	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	4

Games Started	26	2

Innings Pitched	149.1	18.1

Wins	15	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	130	21

Earned Runs	53	19

Home Runs Allowed	23	4

Strikeouts	135	14

Walks	38	8

ERA	3.19	9.33

WHIP	1.13	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	8

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	27.5	6.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	7

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	25	5

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.00	4.89

WHIP	1.28	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Foster Griffin allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's 7-2 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 24th	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Tuesday's 8-1 win over the Giants. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Wednesday's 6-4 win over Detroit on 83 pitches. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Foster Griffin allowed five earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out six over four innings in Thursday's 13-6 loss to the Mets. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 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
	Foster Griffin will make his Guardians debut against the Mets on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Foster Griffin for Jason Alexander (2026)

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