Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 251
VBR	‐	# 465

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	26
Wins	‐	2
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.49
WHIP	‐	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 246

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	# 262

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 110	‐

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


Games Played	8	43

Games Started	8	3

Innings Pitched	35.1	41.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	27	43

Earned Runs	19	11

Home Runs Allowed	10	2

Strikeouts	45	38

Walks	23	11

ERA	4.84	2.38

WHIP	1.42	1.30

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


Games Played	‐	27

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	30.9

Wins	‐	2

Losses	‐	2

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	5

Hits Allowed	‐	31

Earned Runs	‐	15

Home Runs Allowed	‐	5

Strikeouts	‐	26

Walks	‐	9

ERA	‐	4.49

WHIP	‐	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans underwent a UCL repair in his left-elbow and is expected to be sidelined around 10-12 months. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	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 Royals remain without an update on the status of Cole Ragans. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Ragans SP - KC			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Mar 31st				@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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