Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 267	‐
VBR	# 507	# 723

Projections

Strikeouts	17	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.46	4.56
WHIP	1.33	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	# 430

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	1

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	50.0	3.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	50	4

Earned Runs	18	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	44	2

Walks	12	2

ERA	3.24	6.00

WHIP	1.24	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	20.2	15.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	15

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	17	13

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.46	4.56

WHIP	1.33	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
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 Cardinals optioned LHP Brycen Mautz to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	Brycen Mautz is available out of the bullpen in Monday's game against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Cardinals recalled LHP Brycen Mautz from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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	Brycen Mautz will make his MLB debut and start Sunday’s game against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
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			Brycen Mautz SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#400	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

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Brycen Mautz for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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