Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 251	‐
VBR	# 509	# 694

Projections

Strikeouts	23	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.47	4.26
WHIP	1.32	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 248	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	# 342

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Dylan Smith RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	16

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	42.0	14.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	8	3

Hits Allowed	44	10

Earned Runs	13	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	38	14

Walks	11	6

ERA	2.79	3.21

WHIP	1.31	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Dylan Smith RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	22

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	27.8	19.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	28	18

Earned Runs	14	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	23	17

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.47	4.26

WHIP	1.32	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Dylan Smith RP - SF
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 Giants recalled Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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 Giants optioned RHP Dylan Smith to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Giants recalled RHP Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	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 Tigers are sending RHP Dylan Smith to the Giants for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
		The Tigers designated Dylan Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX			Dylan Smith RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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