Who Should I Trade?

Nolan McLean for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	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	# 19	# 266
VBR	# 156	# 478

Projections

Strikeouts	61	20
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.65	4.44
WHIP	1.32	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 18	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 257

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	48

Games Started	21	4

Innings Pitched	119.1	46.0

Wins	7	1

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	90	49

Earned Runs	44	16

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	142	40

Walks	43	12

ERA	3.32	3.13

WHIP	1.11	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	22

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	56.4	24.5

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	49	25

Earned Runs	23	12

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	61	20

Walks	21	7

ERA	3.65	4.44

WHIP	1.32	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Nolan McLean allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven across six innings in Saturday's 4-3 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Nolan McLean allowed two hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Nolan McLean allowed two unearned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Nolan McLean picked up the win Sunday after allowing three runs, two earned, over six-plus innings against Atlanta. All three runs came in the first inning, with the unearned run coming after McLean’s errant pickoff throw. He struck out five and walked one before exiting in the seventh after allowing a leadoff single to Austin Riley. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Apr 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Nolan McLean for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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