Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Janson Junk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 151	# 184
VBR	# 430	# 615

Projections

Strikeouts	18	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	3.75
WHIP	1.34	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	# 205

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	# 194

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 240

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	# 208

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Bryan King RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	51

Games Started	19	1

Innings Pitched	98.1	53.0

Wins	6	2

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	1	12

Hits Allowed	102	57

Earned Runs	46	28

Home Runs Allowed	12	8

Strikeouts	68	44

Walks	26	19

ERA	4.21	4.75

WHIP	1.30	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Bryan King RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	26.0	6.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	6

Earned Runs	13	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	6

Walks	6	2

ERA	4.51	3.75

WHIP	1.34	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Bryan King RP - HOU
News
	Janson Junk allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and one walk while striking out two across six innings in Wednesday's 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 13th	The Astros optioned Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	Janson Junk allowed two runs on five hits and one walk while striking out one run across three innings in Thursday's 11-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 7th	The Astros are calling Bryan King back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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 Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Bryan King allowed one hit while striking out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd
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			Bryan King RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Janson Junk (2026)

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