Who Should I Trade?

Justin Lawrence for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 267	‐
VBR	# 513	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.38	3.58
WHIP	1.32	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	37

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	48.1	34.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	3

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	11	2

Hits Allowed	50	39

Earned Runs	18	28

Home Runs Allowed	2	9

Strikeouts	41	43

Walks	12	28

ERA	3.35	7.34

WHIP	1.28	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	22.7	8.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	23	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	9

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.38	3.58

WHIP	1.32	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
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 Nationals sent Justin Lawrence outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	The Nationals designated Justin Lawrence for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Justin Lawrence allowed a hit and a walk but no runs to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Justin Lawrence joins the Nationals bullpen on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
		The Nationals have claimed RHP Justin Lawrence off waivers from the Twins. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
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			Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
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
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Lawrence for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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