Who Should I Trade?

Joey Cantillo for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	# 266
VBR	# 319	# 517

Projections

Strikeouts	45	19
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.02	4.40
WHIP	1.37	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	# 260

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 78	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	50

Games Started	23	4

Innings Pitched	113.2	48.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	111	50

Earned Runs	50	18

Home Runs Allowed	13	2

Strikeouts	124	41

Walks	54	12

ERA	3.96	3.35

WHIP	1.45	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	21

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	43.3	23.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	39	24

Earned Runs	19	12

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	45	19

Walks	19	6

ERA	4.02	4.40

WHIP	1.37	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Joey Cantillo allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over four innings in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Joey Cantillo allowed five earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Friday's 11-3 loss to the Rays. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Joey Cantillo allowed four earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out seven over five innings in Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Pirates. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 20th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Joey Cantillo will start on Saturday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out nine over five innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#230
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#337
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
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
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Cantillo for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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