Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Alexander for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 171	# 251
VBR	# 425	# 492

Projections

Strikeouts	38	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.32	4.44
WHIP	1.39	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 221	# 248

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	44

Games Started	7	3

Innings Pitched	31.0	42.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	35	44

Earned Runs	20	13

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	33	38

Walks	14	11

ERA	5.81	2.79

WHIP	1.58	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	25

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	36.7	27.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	36	28

Earned Runs	18	14

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	38	23

Walks	14	8

ERA	4.32	4.44

WHIP	1.39	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	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
	Yusei Kikuchi said he hopes to start his throwing program soon to return sometime in the early part of the second half. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Yusei Kikuchi will be shut down for the next 3 to 4 weeks due to left shoulder inflammation, according to Angels' manager Kurt Suzuki. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 5th	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
	Former Los Angeles Times writer, Mike DiGiovanna reported that sources have told him Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is “gonna be out for several months, if not the whole season.” Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Alexander for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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