Jakob Junis or Troy Melton
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| Troy Melton SP,RP - DET  | Jakob Junis RP - TEX  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 1 | 20 |
| Games Started | 1 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 5.2 | 24.0 |
| Wins | 1 | 0 |
| Losses | 0 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 3 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 5 |
| Hits Allowed | 2 | 12 |
| Earned Runs | 1 | 4 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 0 | 0 |
| Strikeouts | 3 | 13 |
| Walks | 3 | 5 |
| ERA | 1.59 | 1.50 |
| WHIP | 0.88 | 0.71 |
| Troy Melton SP,RP - DET | Jakob Junis RP - TEX | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 54 |
| Games Started | 5 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 57.2 | 62.8 |
| Wins | 3 | 3 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 3 | 10 |
| Hits Allowed | 53 | 60 |
| Earned Runs | 27 | 29 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 52 | 55 |
| Walks | 18 | 16 |
| ERA | 4.26 | 4.11 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 1.21 |
| Troy Melton SP,RP - DET | Jakob Junis RP - TEX | |
| News | ||
| Tigers right-hander Troy Melton allowed just one earned run across 5 2/3 innings in Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Orioles, earning his first win of the season in the process. Brenton Kemp Mon, May 25th | Jakob Junis will open for the Rangers on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th | |
| Troy Melton will start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | 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 | |
| Troy Melton could be activated from the injured list on Sunday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 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 | |
| Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Troy Melton is heading back to Detroit to assess his rehab outing. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th | 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 | |
| Troy Melton (elbow) had a strong showing at Single-A Lakeland on Tuesday, allowing one run on two hits in five innings. David Leisering Tue, May 19th | 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 | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Troy Melton SP,RP - DET | Jakob Junis RP - TEX | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #146 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #72 | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #113 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #120 | @ BAL | Zach Eflin (0-0) | |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #63 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #230 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #325 | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #38 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #117 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #131 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #77 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #193 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #148 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #112 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs MIL | DL Hall (0-0) | #192 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #117 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #230 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #131 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #196 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #247 | vs NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-1) | #280 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 | @ DET | Tyler Holton (0-4) | #152 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 | @ NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-1) | #280 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ NYY | Paul Blackburn (2-1) | #222 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #77 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #53 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #72 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #63 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #105 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #92 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs TOR | Mason Fluharty | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #169 | |
| Sun, May 17th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #187 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | @ COL | Sammy Peralta | #392 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BAL | Keegan Akin (0-0) | #180 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #80 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #406 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #45 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #159 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #408 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #331 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #39 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #80 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ CWS | Brandon Eisert (0-0) | #204 | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #168 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #182 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #140 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #48 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #143 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #56 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #93 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs MIN | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs MIN | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs MIN | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ CLE | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ CLE | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ CLE | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ HOU | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ HOU | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs HOU | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs HOU | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs HOU | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs HOU | @ TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ NYY | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ NYY | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ NYY | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ TEX | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ TEX | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ TEX | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ATH | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ATH | vs LAA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ATH | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs PHI | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs PHI | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs PHI | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CHC | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CHC | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CHC | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs KC | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs KC | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs KC | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs BAL | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs BAL | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs BAL | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ TB | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs SF | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ SEA | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ SEA | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SF | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SF | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SF | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAA | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs CLE | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs CLE | @ LAA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs CLE | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs CWS | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs CWS | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs CWS | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ PIT | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ PIT | vs WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ KC | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ KC | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ KC | vs LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs TB | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs TB | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs TB | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs LAD | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs LAD | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs LAD | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ MIN | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ MIN | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ MIN | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TB | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CLE | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CLE | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CLE | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ SEA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs COL | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs COL | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs COL | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ TOR | vs BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ TOR | vs BOS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ CWS | vs BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CWS | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CWS | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CWS | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs WSH | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs WSH | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs NYM | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs PIT | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs PIT | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs PIT | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #208 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #89 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ HOU | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs KC | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ SEA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ PIT | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs MIN | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ TOR | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | vs WSH | |||||
