Who Should I Trade?

Cooper Criswell for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 266	# 328
VBR	# 520	# 653

Projections

Strikeouts	19	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.37	4.22
WHIP	1.33	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	# 301

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	# 336

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	26

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	48.1	30.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	11	3

Hits Allowed	50	28

Earned Runs	18	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	41	23

Walks	12	8

ERA	3.35	3.52

WHIP	1.28	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	10

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	22.7	13.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	23	13

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	19	11

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.37	4.22

WHIP	1.33	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
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	Cooper Criswell is targeting his return in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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 Mariners transferred Cooper Criswell to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Cooper Criswell will undergo an MRI on July 6. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Mariners expect Cooper Criswell to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
		The Mariners placed RHP Cooper Criswell on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX			Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Cooper Criswell for Tyler Alexander (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation