Who Should I Trade?

Sandy Alcantara for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	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	# 58	# 266
VBR	# 259	# 517

Projections

Strikeouts	48	19
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.31	4.40
WHIP	1.32	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 53	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	# 257

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	49

Games Started	23	4

Innings Pitched	150.2	48.0

Wins	11	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	144	49

Earned Runs	65	16

Home Runs Allowed	17	2

Strikeouts	115	41

Walks	39	12

ERA	3.88	3.00

WHIP	1.21	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	21

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	59.6	23.6

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	58	24

Earned Runs	29	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	48	19

Walks	17	6

ERA	4.31	4.40

WHIP	1.32	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 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
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow 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
	Sandy Alcantara allowed one run on three hits and four walks while striking out seven across six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Sandy Alcantara allowed three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out eight across seven innings in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

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Sandy Alcantara for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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