Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	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	# 32	# 251
VBR	# 202	# 509

Projections

Strikeouts	58	23
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.83	4.47
WHIP	1.31	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 31	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 248

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	44

Games Started	19	3

Innings Pitched	112.0	42.0

Wins	8	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	84	44

Earned Runs	34	13

Home Runs Allowed	10	2

Strikeouts	110	38

Walks	36	11

ERA	2.73	2.79

WHIP	1.07	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	25

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	60.6	27.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	57	28

Earned Runs	26	14

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	58	23

Walks	20	8

ERA	3.83	4.47

WHIP	1.31	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on one hit and four walks while striking out one over six innings in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's 3-1 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Parker Messick allowed four earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out five over 6.2 innings in Monday's 6-3 loss to the Rangers. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 10 over 7.2 innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out nine over six innings in Thursday's 4-2 win over Milwaukee. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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