Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	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	# 5	‐
VBR	# 29	# 1091

Projections

Strikeouts	83	10
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.91	4.96
WHIP	1.11	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	21	2

Innings Pitched	115.1	18.1

Wins	9	1

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	21

Earned Runs	47	19

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	138	14

Walks	26	8

ERA	3.67	9.33

WHIP	1.06	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	70.5	12.7

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	14

Earned Runs	23	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	83	10

Walks	18	5

ERA	2.91	4.96

WHIP	1.11	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. 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
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow 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
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Paul Skenes (2026)

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