Who Should I Trade?

Foster Griffin for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - WSH	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 62	# 266
VBR	# 235	# 521

Projections

Strikeouts	48	19
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.41
WHIP	1.30	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 70	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 45	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 122	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 76	# 257

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 27	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - WSH	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	48

Games Started	22	4

Innings Pitched	129.1	46.0

Wins	12	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	109	49

Earned Runs	44	16

Home Runs Allowed	19	2

Strikeouts	116	40

Walks	30	12

ERA	3.06	3.13

WHIP	1.07	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - WSH	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	21

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	52.8	23.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	51	23

Earned Runs	24	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	48	19

Walks	15	6

ERA	4.14	4.41

WHIP	1.30	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - WSH	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Foster Griffin allowed six earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over 5.1 innings in Friday's loss to the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Foster Griffin allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two over 6.2 innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over seven innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on five hits and no walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Wednesday's win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out two over five innings in Friday's win over the Pirates. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - WSH			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#137	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#370
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#327	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Foster Griffin for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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