Who Should I Trade?

Freddy Peralta for Jason Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	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	# 43	‐
VBR	# 208	# 1091

Projections

Strikeouts	65	9
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	4.85
WHIP	1.32	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 51	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 47	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 23	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	21	2

Innings Pitched	109.2	18.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	113	21

Earned Runs	59	19

Home Runs Allowed	17	4

Strikeouts	110	14

Walks	46	8

ERA	4.84	9.33

WHIP	1.45	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	63.2	12.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	13

Earned Runs	29	7

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	65	9

Walks	25	4

ERA	4.10	4.85

WHIP	1.32	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Freddy Peralta allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Cubs have reportedly shown interest in Freddy Peralta. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 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
	Freddy Peralta allowed two earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Freddy Peralta allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 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
	Freddy Peralta took the loss Wednesday against the Blue Jays after allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks over four innings. He struck out four. Toronto scored four times with two outs in the third inning, highlighted by Sean Keys’ first career home run. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Freddy Peralta for Jason Alexander (2026)

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