Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 276	# 267
VBR	# 407	# 513

Projections

Strikeouts	20	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.81	4.38
WHIP	1.24	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	# 262

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 165	# 260

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


Games Played	33	50

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	28.2	48.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	17	11

Hits Allowed	31	50

Earned Runs	14	18

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	36	41

Walks	6	12

ERA	4.40	3.35

WHIP	1.29	1.28

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


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.1	22.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	17	23

Earned Runs	8	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	20	19

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.81	4.38

WHIP	1.24	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th	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 Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	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
	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	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 Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

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Justin Slaten for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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