Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 251	# 384
VBR	# 553	# 557

Projections

Strikeouts	23	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	3.81
WHIP	1.32	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 248	# 379

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	# 437

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


Games Played	45	38

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	44.0	41.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	8	2

Hits Allowed	45	46

Earned Runs	14	29

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	39	40

Walks	12	19

ERA	2.86	6.31

WHIP	1.30	1.57

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


Games Played	23	23

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	27.5	20.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	28	18

Earned Runs	14	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	23	19

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.49	3.81

WHIP	1.32	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Matt Svanson RP - STL
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	Matt Svanson allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one in an inning of work in Tuesday's game one of the doubleheader against the Brewers. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Matt Svanson recorded one out while giving up four runs, three earned, three hits and a walk to take the loss against the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th
	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	The Cardinals recalled RHP Matt Svanson from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
		The Cardinals optioned RHP Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 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			Matt Svanson RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

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