Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	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	# 4	‐
VBR	# 25	# 1066

Projections

Strikeouts	65	7
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.82	4.87
WHIP	1.02	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	4

Games Started	17	2

Innings Pitched	102.2	18.1

Wins	7	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	78	21

Earned Runs	32	19

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	122	14

Walks	16	8

ERA	2.81	9.33

WHIP	0.92	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	53.8	9.6

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	42	10

Earned Runs	17	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	65	7

Walks	11	3

ERA	2.82	4.87

WHIP	1.02	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Tarik Skubal will take the mound for the first time for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Tarik Skubal is expected to make his debut with the Dodgers on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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 Detroit Tigers have traded two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers in a four-player deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	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
	The Tigers still expect Tarik Skubal to make his next start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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