Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 28	# 266
VBR	# 223	# 521

Projections

Strikeouts	22	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.43	4.41
WHIP	1.21	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	# 257

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	48

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	56.0	46.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	24	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	5	11

Hits Allowed	40	49

Earned Runs	7	16

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	73	40

Walks	15	12

ERA	1.13	3.13

WHIP	0.98	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	21

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	20.4	23.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	18	23

Earned Runs	8	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	22	19

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.43	4.41

WHIP	1.21	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Blue Jays closer Louis Varland allowed one hit and one walk with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a cleaning ninth inning with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-1 win over the Rays on Thursday. Brenton Kemp 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
	Louis Varland struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 1-0 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Louis Varland allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out one to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Padres. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in a 2-0 win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#370
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#257	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#208	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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