Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 251	‐
VBR	# 583	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	6.08
WHIP	1.34	1.58

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 248	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	44.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	2.82	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	11

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	26.8	2.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	27	3

Earned Runs	14	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	22	2

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.54	6.08

WHIP	1.34	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
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	Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 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	The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 1st
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX			Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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