Who Should I Trade?

Dane Dunning for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 251	‐
VBR	# 461	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	4
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.86
WHIP	1.32	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	‐

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


Games Played	42	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	40.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	41	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	2.21	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

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


Games Played	27	7

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	31.3	3.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	32	4

Earned Runs	16	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	26	4

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.47	4.86

WHIP	1.32	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Dane Dunning SP,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	Dane Dunning was placed on the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, May 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	Veteran righthander Dane Dunning has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Seattle Mariners. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Dane Dunning will start the Mariners Cactus League opener on Friday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	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 signed Dane Dunning to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 22nd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX			Dane Dunning SP,RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#236
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ NYY
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 (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Dane Dunning for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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