Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Jason Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	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	# 225	‐
VBR	# 347	# 1091

Projections

Strikeouts	45	9
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.85
WHIP	1.39	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 254	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	4

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	39.0	18.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	21

Earned Runs	38	19

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	30	14

Walks	19	8

ERA	8.77	9.33

WHIP	1.82	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	47.4	12.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	13

Earned Runs	24	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	45	9

Walks	17	4

ERA	4.49	4.85

WHIP	1.39	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three over four innings in Friday's loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over four innings in a loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer 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
	Grayson Rodriguez will start on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	The Angels activated RHP Grayson Rodriguez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Jason Alexander (2026)

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