Who Should I Trade?

J.P. France for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 251	‐
VBR	# 465	# 1067

Projections

Strikeouts	26	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.44
WHIP	1.32	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 248	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	3

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	42.0	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	44	6

Earned Runs	13	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	38	4

Walks	11	5

ERA	2.79	8.10

WHIP	1.31	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	12

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	30.9	6.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	31	6

Earned Runs	15	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	26	5

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.49	4.44

WHIP	1.32	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
News
	Tyler Alexander earned the save Sunday against the Blue Jays, striking out one in a perfect ninth inning to close out Texas’ 3-2 win. It marked his second save in as many days after he had gone nearly three months without a save opportunity. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th	J.P. France has been sent down to Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 20th
	Tyler Alexander worked a perfect ninth inning Saturday to record his third save of the season in Texas’ 7-4 win over Toronto. He did not record a strikeout while filling in after Jacob Latz and Jakob Junis had each pitched on the previous two days. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	The Astros designated J.P. France for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Astros recalled J.P. France. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Rangers entered the season with an unsettled closer situation, and Alexander has been the third option in high-leverage usage behind Robert Garcia and Chris Martin. With both Garcia and Martin having pitched two days in a row entering Monday, Alexander was called on to close out the ninth inning against Baltimore. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 31st	J.P. France is returning to Seattle to re-join the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
		The Astros optioned RHP J.P. France to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX			J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#346
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

J.P. France for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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