Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Justin Topa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1042	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	5	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.89	4.25
WHIP	1.48	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 469	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	24

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	21.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	21	29

Earned Runs	19	17

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	14	14

Walks	8	12

ERA	9.33	7.29

WHIP	1.58	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.6	8.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	7	9

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	7

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.89	4.25

WHIP	1.48	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU	Justin Topa RP - NYY
News
	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Justin Topa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	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	The Yankees signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	The Royals released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	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 Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU			Justin Topa RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#89
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Justin Topa (2026)

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