Tyler Alexander
2026Grade
Rarely walks anyone and lets the defense work.
Alexander is comfortably above average at limiting bases
The simulator expects him to allow 0.427 bases per batter faced, better than 86% of qualified pitchers. His best skill is limiting home runs (97th percentile). His weakest skill is getting strikeouts (22nd percentile). Short relief outings push strikeout rates up a little, so read his K% spoke with that in mind.
His grade rests on 312 batters faced, with data through 2026-09-27.
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Plays like…
Each of these pitchers shares his archetype and sits closest to him in xEB/PA. Pick one to see him side by side with Tyler Alexander.
Pitcher type
Pitcher type
He lands in the “Misses bats, limits hard contact” corner of the map.
League best:K% − BB% Jacob Misiorowski (26.8%)Hard-hit% allowed Blake Snell (29.0%)
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| Tyler Alexander | League median | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases per ball in play(lower = better) | .391 | .527 | — |
| Walk rate(lower = better) | 8% | 9% | 77th |
| Strikeout rate(higher = better) | 20% | 22% | 22nd |
A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.
Arsenal
Tyler Alexander mixes his changeup (23%) and cutter (21%). His best pitch has been the sinker, saving 2.9 bases per 100 thrown against league average.
Pitch mix & swing-and-miss
He allowed about 113 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 163 over the same batters faced.
Replacement level is per-batter and can't be split by pitch type, so the bars below use league average.
He saved 26.7 bases against league average across 1,200 pitches, or 2.2 per 100 pitches.
He rarely throws his splitter and slider (0% of his pitches combined).
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Mix by batter side
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Tyler Alexander's pitch movement, 2026
None of his pitches has clearly moved from its early-season shape.
The verdict above compares each pitch with his own early-season outings in 2026, not with other pitchers, after taking out the league-wide drift in break.
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By appearance
These charts follow his velocity, movement and pitch mix one outing at a time, and each pitch keeps the same color in every chart. The velocity and movement charts also shade the middle of the league for scale.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)
He handles lefty bats better than righty bats, by 0.038 EB/PA allowed.
50% probable range: +0.029 to +0.046
vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.399 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.381 to 0.419, based on 136 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.351 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.
His raw rate vs LHB (0.351) is off this scale. Small samples can push a raw rate this far, which is why the dot, the shrunk estimate, is the number to trust.
vs RHB: shrunk estimate 0.438 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.419 to 0.457, based on 178 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.383 EB/PA. League median vs RHB: 0.435 EB/PA.
His split is about typical for a lefty arm (median 0.038).
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- Each dot is his estimate against that side, with its 50% probable range as the bar. These are bases allowed, so lower is better.
- The diamond is his raw rate, which small samples make noisy, so the simulator pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy value.
- The dashed tick is the league median, and the shaded strip is the middle half of pitchers with 100 or more batters faced.
- The two splits average back to his modeled overall EB/PA allowed, not the xEB/PA headline.
- Tap or hover a mark for its number. LHB and RHB are left- and right-handed batters. More on the About page
Contact allowed
Batters go to the pull side off him most often, but they do the most damage to the opposite field.
Pull side and opposite field depend on which side each batter hits from, so this pools every hitter he faced.
Batted balls allowed
Luck check
One out behind him came on a ball the simulator values at 1.5 bases or more.
4 hits off him had less than a 20% chance of being hits.
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Deserved vs. actual
Batters have been credited with about 10 more bases than their contact off Tyler Alexander deserved, so his results have been unlucky so far.
Both bars count 225 balls in play, with walks and strikeouts left out.
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ERA 3.70 · WHIP 1.32 · BABIP against 0.315 (Lg median 0.286)
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Best games
Best games
These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.
- vs MarinersSep 9, 2026
6 BF · 1 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.3
- Above replacement
- +2.8
- vs PiratesApr 22, 2026score only
7 BF · 2 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 1.3
- Above replacement
- +2.4
- vs DodgersApr 11, 2026score only
9 BF · 2 K, 1 BB, 2 H
- Bases allowed
- 2.4
- Above replacement
- +2.3
- vs GiantsAug 5, 2026
5 BF · 3 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.5
- Above replacement
- +2.1
- vs D-backsMay 11, 2026score only
5 BF · 2 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.7
- Above replacement
- +2.0
Trends
Multi-season trends · Tyler Alexander
Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is down, his Barrel% against is down, his Hard-hit% against is down, his GB% against is up, his FB% against is down and his Pull% against is up.
Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.