Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	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	# 61	# 266
VBR	# 185	# 517

Projections

Strikeouts	51	19
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.79	4.40
WHIP	1.34	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 257

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	49

Games Started	22	4

Innings Pitched	120.1	48.0

Wins	6	1

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	122	49

Earned Runs	59	16

Home Runs Allowed	12	2

Strikeouts	98	41

Walks	43	12

ERA	4.41	3.00

WHIP	1.37	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	21

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	59.0	23.6

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	55	24

Earned Runs	25	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	51	19

Walks	20	6

ERA	3.79	4.40

WHIP	1.34	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Framber Valdez allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Tigers left-hander Framber Valdez allowed six earned runs on five hits and two walks across just 2/3 of an inning in a loss against the Cubs on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Framber Valdez allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out nine over seven innings in Thursday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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