Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	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	# 52	‐
VBR	# 259	# 1021

Projections

Strikeouts	48	8
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.72
WHIP	1.32	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 53	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 53	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	# 469

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


Games Played	24	4

Games Started	24	2

Innings Pitched	156.2	18.1

Wins	12	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	148	21

Earned Runs	65	19

Home Runs Allowed	17	4

Strikeouts	120	14

Walks	41	8

ERA	3.73	9.33

WHIP	1.21	1.58

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


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	59.6	11.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	12

Earned Runs	29	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	48	8

Walks	17	4

ERA	4.31	4.72

WHIP	1.32	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings to earn the win in Sunday's 2-0 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Sandy Alcantara allowed one run on three hits and four walks while striking out seven across six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#362	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
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)	#277
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
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 Sandy Alcantara (2026)

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