Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 162	# 212
VBR	# 538	# 515

Projections

Strikeouts	7	18
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.43
WHIP	1.23	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	# 212

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 253	# 306

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 111

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	28

Games Started	1	26

Innings Pitched	46.1	136.2

Wins	1	9

Losses	2	7

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	40	136

Earned Runs	14	66

Home Runs Allowed	3	19

Strikeouts	35	113

Walks	12	49

ERA	2.72	4.35

WHIP	1.12	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	8.6	22.6

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	8	23

Earned Runs	4	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	7	18

Walks	2	8

ERA	3.96	4.43

WHIP	1.23	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Anthony Kay allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Tue, Sep 1st
	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Anthony Kay allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Braves. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st
	Rangers right-hander Jacob Junis (hip) has been placed on the 15-day injured list, but the expectation is a minimum stay. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Anthony Kay allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#393
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#225	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#319	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#133
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#145	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#177	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#226	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#145
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#43	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#202
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Jakob Junis (2026)

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