Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 266	‐
VBR	# 513	# 930

Projections

Strikeouts	19	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.38	4.55
WHIP	1.32	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	25

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	48.1	27.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	11	5

Hits Allowed	50	21

Earned Runs	18	17

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	41	28

Walks	12	28

ERA	3.35	5.53

WHIP	1.28	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	11

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	22.7	7.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	23	6

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	8

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.38	4.55

WHIP	1.32	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
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 Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	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			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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