Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Richard Fitts (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1064	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.87	‐
WHIP	1.47	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 469	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU	Richard Fitts SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	18.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	9.33	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU	Richard Fitts SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	4.87	‐

WHIP	1.47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU	Richard Fitts SP - STL
News
	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Richard Fitts underwent season-ending surgery to address the lat strain that landed him on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	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	Acquired from the Red Sox over the winter, Fitts made three Grapefruit League starts and posted a 9:3 K:BB while allowing six earned runs on nine hits across 9.1 innings. Kyle Leahy and Andre Pallante claimed the final two spots in the Cardinals' Opening Day rotation. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 18th
	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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
	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
	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU			Richard Fitts SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Richard Fitts (2026)

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