Who Should I Trade?

Brad Keller for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Brad Keller RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 251	# 223
VBR	# 465	# 691

Projections

Strikeouts	26	13
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.26
WHIP	1.32	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	# 256

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	# 278

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 209

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Brad Keller RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	32

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	31.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	4	3

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	8	13

Hits Allowed	43	29

Earned Runs	11	14

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	38	32

Walks	11	13

ERA	2.38	4.02

WHIP	1.30	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Brad Keller RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	18

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	30.9	13.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	31	12

Earned Runs	15	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	26	13

Walks	9	7

ERA	4.49	4.26

WHIP	1.32	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Brad Keller RP - PHI
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 Philadelphia Phillies have placed Brad Keller on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th
	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	Brad Keller will be activated from the injured list on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Brad Keller threw live batting practice on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	The Phillies placed reliever Brad Keller on the 15-day IL with right forearm tendinitis. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		Brad Keller allowed a hit and two walks while striking out one in a scoreless ninth inning to earn a save in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 7th
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			Brad Keller RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Keller for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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