Who Should I Trade?

Brad Keller for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 165	# 235
VBR	# 579	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.85	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	# 209

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 262	# 279

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 278

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Brad Keller RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	32

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	31.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	6	3

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	17	13

Hits Allowed	44	29

Earned Runs	15	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	35	32

Walks	12	13

ERA	2.74	4.02

WHIP	1.14	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Brad Keller RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.9	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	3.85	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Brad Keller RP - PHI
News
	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Brad Keller underwent a right elbow UCL reconstruction surgery with an internal brace and flexor tendon repair. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Phillies transferred Brad Keller to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Philadelphia Phillies have placed Brad Keller on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th
	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	Brad Keller will be activated from the injured list on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Brad Keller threw live batting practice on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Brad Keller RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#395
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#146	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#227	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#291	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#261
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#373
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#319	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#140
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#274	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Keller for Jakob Junis (2026)

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