Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Shane McClanahan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane McClanahan SP - TB	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	# 29	‐
VBR	# 206	# 1094

Projections

Strikeouts	51	9
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	4.88
WHIP	1.25	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 42	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 32	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 58	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane McClanahan SP - TB	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	19	2

Innings Pitched	96.0	18.1

Wins	9	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	76	21

Earned Runs	33	19

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	88	14

Walks	33	8

ERA	3.09	9.33

WHIP	1.14	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane McClanahan SP - TB	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	51.0	12.3

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	13

Earned Runs	22	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	51	9

Walks	17	4

ERA	3.84	4.88

WHIP	1.25	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane McClanahan SP - TB	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Shane McClanahan allowed one run on two hits and two walks while striking out three across five innings in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Shane McClanahan allowed four earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Shane McClanahan will start on Sunday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Shane McClanahan allowed no runs on four hits and no walks while striking out five across 6.1 innings in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Shane McClanahan gave up three hits and no walks while striking out four across six scoreless innings in Wednesday's 4-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Shane McClanahan SP - TB			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Shane McClanahan (2026)

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