Who Should I Trade?

Matt Pushard for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 266	‐
VBR	# 489	# 874

Projections

Strikeouts	21	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.45	5.15
WHIP	1.32	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 257	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	6

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	46.0	7.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	49	6

Earned Runs	16	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	40	6

Walks	12	4

ERA	3.13	5.14

WHIP	1.33	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	12

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	25.3	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	25	4

Earned Runs	13	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	21	3

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.45	5.15

WHIP	1.32	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
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 Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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 Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 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	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
		The Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
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			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#225	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#216	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

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