Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Mason Barnett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 882	# 1091

Projections

Strikeouts	24	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.95	4.96
WHIP	1.49	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 177	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	4

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	21.1	18.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	21

Earned Runs	11	19

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	21	14

Walks	12	8

ERA	4.64	9.33

WHIP	1.36	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	10

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	27.5	12.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	27	14

Earned Runs	15	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	24	10

Walks	12	5

ERA	4.95	4.96

WHIP	1.49	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	The Athletics recalled Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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
	Mason Barnett will be available out of the bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	The Athletics have recalled right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	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 Athletics optioned Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	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
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#366
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#175	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#179	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Mason Barnett (2026)

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