Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Janson Junk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 147	‐
VBR	# 385	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	32	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.56	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 181	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 181	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	78.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	83	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	4.58	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	43.7	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.56	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	Janson Junk allowed one unearned run on three hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 5-2 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Janson Junk allowed one run on seven hits and no walks while striking out six across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 5-3 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	Janson Junk allowed six runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three across four innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Janson Junk allowed one earned run on three hits and four walks while striking out five across five innings in Thursday's 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#362	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Janson Junk (2026)

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