Who Should I Trade?

PJ Poulin for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 251
VBR	# 825	# 465

Projections

Strikeouts	21	26
Wins	1	2
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.49	4.49
WHIP	1.51	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 248

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 260	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	44

Games Started	11	3

Innings Pitched	36.2	42.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	3	4

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	7	8

Hits Allowed	27	44

Earned Runs	10	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	25	38

Walks	21	11

ERA	2.45	2.79

WHIP	1.31	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	27

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	23.8	30.9

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	24	31

Earned Runs	12	15

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	21	26

Walks	11	9

ERA	4.49	4.49

WHIP	1.51	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	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
	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	PJ Poulin will start Friday's game against the Rays after Cade Cavalli was scratched with an illness. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Nationals recalled LHP PJ Poulin from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	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 Nationals optioned PJ Poulin to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

PJ Poulin for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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