Drew Smith or Jakob Junis

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Drew Smith or Jakob Junis Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Drew Smith RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	24.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	1.50	‐

WHIP	0.71	‐

Drew Smith or Jakob Junis Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Drew Smith RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	54	34

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	62.8	33.9

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	10	2

Hits Allowed	60	31

Earned Runs	29	19

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	55	35

Walks	16	15

ERA	4.11	5.14

WHIP	1.21	1.36

Drew Smith or Jakob Junis Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Drew Smith RP - MIN
News
	Jakob Junis will open for the Rangers on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th	The Twins signed RHP Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
	Junis has yet to allow a run across eight innings this season and has converted a save in each of his last three appearances. The Rangers have been using a closer-by-committee approach, with Junis working his way to the front of that group. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th	Smith missed all of 2025 recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and signed a minor-league deal with the Nationals in mid-February. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven across 5.1 scoreless innings in six Grapefruit League appearances but was not on track to make the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Junis has now earned saves in back-to-back days for Texas, entering Tuesday's ninth inning against Seattle with a one-run lead. He allowed two base hits before recording two fly outs and a groundout to close it out. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th	Drew Smith has entered spring camp with the Nationals fully healthy. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Junis recorded his second save of the season Monday against Seattle, retiring the heart of the Mariners' order in a four-pitch ninth inning. He got Cal Raleigh to ground out, hit Julio Rodríguez with a pitch, then induced a game-ending double play from Josh Naylor. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th	The Nationals signed reliever Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th
	Jakob Junis has signed a one-year contract with the Texas Rangers that also includes a mutual option for 2027. The deal will become official once the Rangers make a corresponding move to clear a space on the 40-man roster. David Leisering Sun, Jan 18th
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Drew Smith or Jakob Junis Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Drew Smith RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#222	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-1)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8	vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#45	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#246
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-5)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#133	vs BOS	Connelly Early (4-2)	#102
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#392
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#105	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#167
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127	@ NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-5)	#115	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#133	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#46
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#38	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#40	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-1)	#280	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#68	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (0-4)	#156	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-1)	#280	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#62	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-3)	#215
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#221	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (1-2)	#56	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (7-3)	#29
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#58	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#84	vs MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#148
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-0)	#227
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#169	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#49
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#189	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (0-1)	#188
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-2)	#155
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#397	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#315
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#296	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (2-6)	#125
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (1-1)	#76	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#394	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#185
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-2)	#155	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#181
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#315	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#151
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (2-6)	#125	@ CWS	David Sandlin	#332
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	@ CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#166	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87	vs CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#417
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE			vs KC
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE			vs KC
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC			@ DET
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS			vs STL
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD			@ ARI
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD			@ ARI
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA			vs LAD
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE			@ HOU
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET			@ NYY
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET			@ NYY
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS			@ CLE
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#198
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (6-2)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM