Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 251	‐
VBR	# 465	# 969

Projections

Strikeouts	26	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.21
WHIP	1.32	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 248	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	10

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	42.0	16.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	44	25

Earned Runs	13	17

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	38	14

Walks	11	9

ERA	2.79	9.37

WHIP	1.31	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	12

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	30.9	8.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	31	8

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	26	7

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.49	4.21

WHIP	1.32	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
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 Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 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	Jayden Murray reported to join the Cubs on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Astros traded Jayden Murray to the Cubs for minor-league first baseman Cameron Sisneros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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 Astros designated Jayden Murray for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		The Astros recalled Jayden Murray from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
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			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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