Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Alexander for Zack Littell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Littell SP,RP - WSH	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 181	# 266
VBR	# 622	# 517

Projections

Strikeouts	35	19
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.88	4.40
WHIP	1.37	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 210	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 205	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 141	# 262

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 271	# 257

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


Games Played	22	49

Games Started	14	4

Innings Pitched	105.2	48.0

Wins	7	1

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	108	49

Earned Runs	58	16

Home Runs Allowed	25	2

Strikeouts	68	41

Walks	34	12

ERA	4.94	3.00

WHIP	1.34	1.27

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


Games Played	9	21

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	48.5	23.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	53	24

Earned Runs	26	12

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	35	19

Walks	12	6

ERA	4.88	4.40

WHIP	1.37	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Littell SP,RP - WSH	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Zack Littell allowed zero earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two over 4.2 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Blue Jays. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Zack Littell allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Friday's loss to the Diamondbacks. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Zack Littell will pitch in a bulk relief role on Friday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Zack Littell allowed eight earned runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Zack Littell allowed one earned run on five hits and no walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Littell SP,RP - WSH			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
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
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
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ 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
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Alexander for Zack Littell (2026)

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