Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Tomoyuki Sugano (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1179	# 874

Projections

Strikeouts	34	10
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.63	4.82
WHIP	1.52	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 139	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	4

Games Started	17	2

Innings Pitched	90.2	18.1

Wins	9	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	95	21

Earned Runs	50	19

Home Runs Allowed	18	4

Strikeouts	51	14

Walks	23	8

ERA	4.96	9.33

WHIP	1.30	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	55.6	13.5

Wins	3	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	67	14

Earned Runs	35	7

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	34	10

Walks	15	5

ERA	5.63	4.82

WHIP	1.52	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed three earned runs on six hits while striking out three over 6 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Rockies right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano (back) has been activated from the 15-day injured list and will start on Saturday against the Reds. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Tomoyuki Sugano is expected to start on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Tomoyuki Sugano is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Friday. 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
	The Rockies have placed right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano on the 15-day injured list with back spasms. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#235	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Alexander for Tomoyuki Sugano (2026)

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