Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Justin Bruihl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 387	‐
VBR	# 710	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.43
WHIP	1.46	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 431	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 403	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	52.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	51	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	3.44	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.8	10.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	15	9

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	13	10

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.22	4.43

WHIP	1.46	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
News
	Justin Bruihl was removed from Monday’s game against the Brewers with a left ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Rangers have outrighted right-hander Alexis Diaz to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Justin Bruihl has been traded from the Cleveland Guardians to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations. In a corresponding move, Zak Kent was designated for assignment by St. Louis. David Leisering Tue, Jan 6th	Diaz allowed eight earned runs on three hits and four walks across 1.2 innings over three spring appearances, retiring just five of the 13 batters he faced and striking out one. He had entered camp competing for the Rangers' closer job. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL			Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Justin Bruihl (2026)

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