Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	‐
VBR	# 507	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.46	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	50.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	11	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.24	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.46	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
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	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	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	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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
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			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#400	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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