Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	# 150
VBR	# 182	# 486

Projections

Strikeouts	33	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	13	1
ERA	3.05	3.94
WHIP	1.20	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	# 85

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	# 109

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	31

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	29.2	35.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	20	5

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	23	30

Earned Runs	7	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	38	27

Walks	12	6

ERA	2.12	2.80

WHIP	1.18	1.02

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.9	23.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	6

Hits Allowed	18	22

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	33	20

Walks	11	6

ERA	3.05	3.94

WHIP	1.20	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
News
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters on 13 pitches in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Aroldis Chapman picked up the save in Sunday’s 7-5 win over the Angels, allowing a solo home run while striking out two over one inning. Zach Neto took him deep with two outs before Chapman struck out the next batter to secure his 18th save of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Aroldis Chapman earned his 17th save of the season Friday against the Angels after working a scoreless ninth inning. He allowed two hits and struck out one while protecting Boston’s three-run lead. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	Aroldis Chapman allowed two runs, one earned, on one hit and one walk over one inning in Sunday’s 5-4 extra-inning win over the Yankees. He struck out two and was charged with his second blown save of the season, though Boston’s victory in the 10th kept him from taking the loss. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th	Jakob Junis earned his fifth save Sunday against the Padres with a scoreless ninth inning. Jacob Latz was unavailable after pitching Friday and Saturday. Junis opened the inning by allowing singles to Fernando Tatis Jr. and Xander Bogaerts but retired Ty France, Sung-Mun Song, and Rodolfo Durán to preserve the one-run lead. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd
	Aroldis Chapman worked around one walk and struck out one batter in a scoreless ninth inning Saturday to close out Boston’s 4-1 win over the Yankees. It was his 16th save of the season and second of the series. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	Junis has a 1.69 ERA, 0.79 WHIP, and 17:5 K:BB across 26.2 innings this season and has allowed just two runs over his last 17.2 frames. Tuesday marked his fourth save of the year and first since April 12. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 3rd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL			vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, May 9th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Jakob Junis (2026)

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