Who Should I Trade?

Cody Laweryson for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 251	# 382
VBR	# 465	# 741

Projections

Strikeouts	26	11
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.21
WHIP	1.32	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 248	# 371

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	# 454

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Cody Laweryson RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	15

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	42.0	16.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	8	2

Hits Allowed	44	15

Earned Runs	13	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	38	18

Walks	11	8

ERA	2.79	4.86

WHIP	1.31	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Cody Laweryson RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	16

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	30.9	12.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	31	12

Earned Runs	15	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	26	11

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.49	4.21

WHIP	1.32	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Cody Laweryson RP - MIN
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 Twins optioned RHP Cody Laweryson to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	The Twins have recalled right-hander Cody Laweryson from Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Twins optioned Cody Laweryson to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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 Twins activated RHP Cody Laweryson from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
		Cody Laweryson is starting a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
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			Cody Laweryson RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Laweryson for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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