Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 267	# 342
VBR	# 513	# 726

Projections

Strikeouts	19	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.38	4.18
WHIP	1.32	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	# 324

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	# 340

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	35

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	48.1	35.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	3

Saves	4	6

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	11	5

Hits Allowed	50	38

Earned Runs	18	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	41	22

Walks	12	12

ERA	3.35	4.84

WHIP	1.28	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	12

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	22.7	9.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	23	10

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	7

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.38	4.18

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
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	Joel Kuhnel was sent on a rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 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	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
		The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
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			Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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