Who Should I Trade?

Austin Kitchen for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 490	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.02	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	36.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	5	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	12	‐

Hits Allowed	31	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	2.75	‐

WHIP	1.03	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.02	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Mariners reassigned LHP Austin Kitchen to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	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
	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
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Kitchen for Jakob Junis (2026)

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