Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 150	# 251
VBR	# 490	# 465

Projections

Strikeouts	20	26
Wins	1	2
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.02	4.49
WHIP	1.27	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	# 246

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	43

Games Started	1	3

Innings Pitched	36.0	41.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	4

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	12	8

Hits Allowed	31	43

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	28	38

Walks	6	11

ERA	2.75	2.38

WHIP	1.03	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	27

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	23.2	30.9

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	22	31

Earned Runs	10	15

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	20	26

Walks	6	9

ERA	4.02	4.49

WHIP	1.27	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Rangers right-hander Jacob Junis (hip) has been placed on the 15-day injured list, but the expectation is a minimum stay. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Jakob Junis earned his fifth save Sunday against the Padres with a scoreless ninth inning. Jacob Latz was unavailable after pitching Friday and Saturday. Junis opened the inning by allowing singles to Fernando Tatis Jr. and Xander Bogaerts but retired Ty France, Sung-Mun Song, and Rodolfo Durán to preserve the one-run lead. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Junis has a 1.69 ERA, 0.79 WHIP, and 17:5 K:BB across 26.2 innings this season and has allowed just two runs over his last 17.2 frames. Tuesday marked his fourth save of the year and first since April 12. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 3rd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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