Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Nate Pearson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 344	# 324
VBR	# 528	# 934

Projections

Strikeouts	20	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	4.44
WHIP	1.38	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	# 277

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 339	# 353

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	20.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	7	16

Earned Runs	2	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	16

Walks	4	12

ERA	1.80	3.60

WHIP	1.10	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.0	7.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	16	7

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	7

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.98	4.44

WHIP	1.38	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Astros designated Nate Pearson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	Nate Pearson was seen packing his bags and getting hugs from teammates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th	The Astros activated Nate Pearson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	Nate Pearson had a locker in the Astros clubhouse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
		Astros GM Dana Brown said Nate Pearson would come off the IL and pitch a couple of games in the Twins series. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			Nate Pearson RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
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)	#383
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Nate Pearson (2026)

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