Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Slade Cecconi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	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	# 215	‐
VBR	# 421	# 1021

Projections

Strikeouts	39	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.66	4.72
WHIP	1.34	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 179	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 132	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	21	2

Innings Pitched	107.1	18.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	123	21

Earned Runs	57	19

Home Runs Allowed	16	4

Strikeouts	84	14

Walks	35	8

ERA	4.78	9.33

WHIP	1.47	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	48.4	11.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	12

Earned Runs	25	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	39	8

Walks	13	4

ERA	4.66	4.72

WHIP	1.34	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to the Twins. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Slade Cecconi allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Thursday's 6-5 win over the White Sox. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 3rd	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Slade Cecconi allowed zero earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Slade Cecconi allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out one over six innings in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Astros. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Slade Cecconi (2026)

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