Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 165	# 346
VBR	# 569	# 733

Projections

Strikeouts	5	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.33
WHIP	1.24	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 262	# 306

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 379

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Brock Burke RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	72

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	50.1	69.1

Wins	1	6

Losses	3	5

Saves	6	2

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	17	18

Hits Allowed	49	50

Earned Runs	19	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	35	72

Walks	13	39

ERA	3.40	2.47

WHIP	1.23	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Brock Burke RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.8	6.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	5	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	6

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.05	4.33

WHIP	1.24	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Brock Burke RP - CIN
News
	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Reds reliever Brock Burke earned his first career Sunday in a 2-1 win over the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 6th
	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Reds are acquiring Brock Burke from the Angels in a three-team trade. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Brock Burke and the Angels avoided arbitration and the lefthander will make $2.325 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 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
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			Brock Burke RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#11	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#308
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#284
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#290	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#159	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#290	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#224	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#173	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#402	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#209	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#276	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#211
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#168
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#290
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#186
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#130	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#252	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#197	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#116	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#396
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#241	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#308	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#217	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#317
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#227	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#210	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#42	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#92	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#238	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15

Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Jakob Junis (2026)

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