Who Should I Trade?

Michael Darrell-Hicks for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 251	‐
VBR	# 583	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	3.91
WHIP	1.34	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 248	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 262	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	44.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	2.82	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	14

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	26.8	2.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	27	3

Earned Runs	14	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	22	2

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.54	3.91

WHIP	1.34	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
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	Michael Darrell-Hicks has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Pittsburgh Pirates. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	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
	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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
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			Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Darrell-Hicks for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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