Who Should I Trade?

Chris Bassitt for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 227	# 251
VBR	# 616	# 509

Projections

Strikeouts	22	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.57	4.47
WHIP	1.46	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 196	# 248

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 219	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	44

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	56.1	42.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	70	44

Earned Runs	33	13

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	37	38

Walks	22	11

ERA	5.27	2.79

WHIP	1.63	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	25

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	26.9	27.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	28	28

Earned Runs	14	14

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	22	23

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.57	4.47

WHIP	1.46	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Chris Bassitt threw long toss on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Chris Bassitt is back with the Orioles and is feeling better, but he remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Chris Bassitt underwent a procedure to have bone spurs removed from his back. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Chris Bassitt has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	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
	Chris Bassitt will head for a second opinion on his back injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Bassitt for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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