Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	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	# 299	‐
VBR	# 481	# 1091

Projections

Strikeouts	39	10
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.04	4.96
WHIP	1.35	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	4

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	22.0	18.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	21

Earned Runs	25	19

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	14	14

Walks	11	8

ERA	10.23	9.33

WHIP	1.73	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	43.3	12.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	14

Earned Runs	24	7

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	39	10

Walks	14	5

ERA	5.04	4.96

WHIP	1.35	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Max Scherzer tossed five no-hit innings in his latest rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Max Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Max Scherzer (2026)

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