Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Taylor Clarke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	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	# 362	‐
VBR	# 678	# 825

Projections

Strikeouts	1	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.94
WHIP	1.31	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 362	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 354	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	69	4

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	71.1	18.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	14	0

Hits Allowed	53	21

Earned Runs	21	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	44	14

Walks	14	8

ERA	2.65	9.33

WHIP	0.94	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	1.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	2

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	1	1

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.21	4.94

WHIP	1.31	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	The Diamondbacks activated Taylor Clarke from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Diamondbacks placed Taylor Clarke on the bereavement/family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	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 Diamondbacks signed RHP Taylor Clarke to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
		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
		Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#22
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#163	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#85
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#251	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#157
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#80	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#362
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#121	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#114	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#108
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#235
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#260
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#76	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#261	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#42	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#113
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#242	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#45
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#157
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#70
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#87
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#261
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#362	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#275
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#45	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#44	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#71	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#154	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#345
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#130	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#113	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#202	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#75
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#309	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#235
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#108	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)	#88
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#51	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#275	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#163	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#107	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#198
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#319
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#25	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#170	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#84
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#44	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#158	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#286
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#93
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#113	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#202	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#187
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#42	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#241
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#286	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-1)	#233	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#232
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#157
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#205	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#132
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#189	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#74
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#133	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#79
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#237	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#29
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#96	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#130	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#237
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#126
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#349	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#243	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#358
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#107
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#187
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#275
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#337
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#163
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#198
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#64

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Taylor Clarke (2026)

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