Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	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	# 47	‐
VBR	# 243	# 1091

Projections

Strikeouts	51	10
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.96
WHIP	1.25	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 46	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	4

Games Started	16	2

Innings Pitched	89.2	18.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	21

Earned Runs	35	19

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	96	14

Walks	26	8

ERA	3.51	9.33

WHIP	1.12	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	49.0	12.7

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	14

Earned Runs	22	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	51	10

Walks	16	5

ERA	3.99	4.96

WHIP	1.25	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Payton Tolle allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Payton Tolle allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Payton Tolle took the loss Wednesday against the Nationals after allowing six runs on seven hits and three walks over three-plus innings. He struck out five in Boston’s 10-2 defeat. Four of the seven hits went for extra bases, including home runs by Andres Chaparro and Nasim Nunez, their first of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 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
	Payton Tolle allowed one hit and two walks while striking out seven over seven scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#200	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Payton Tolle (2026)

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