Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Ryan Gusto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA	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	# 274	‐
VBR	# 610	# 1094

Projections

Strikeouts	25	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.69	4.88
WHIP	1.42	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 310	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 226	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	4

Games Started	7	2

Innings Pitched	34.0	18.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	34	21

Earned Runs	17	19

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	31	14

Walks	11	8

ERA	4.50	9.33

WHIP	1.32	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	11

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	28.6	12.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	13

Earned Runs	15	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	25	9

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.69	4.88

WHIP	1.42	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Ryan Gusto allowed one run on two hits and a walk while striking out four across 3.1 innings in Friday's 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Ryan Gusto will start in Friday's series opener against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	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
	The Marlins recalled RHP Ryan Gusto from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	The Marlins optioned Ryan Gusto to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Ryan Gusto allowed one run on three hits and two walks while striking out six over 4.1 innings in Sunday's 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Ryan Gusto (2026)

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