Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Ferguson for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	# 320
VBR	# 486	# 598

Projections

Strikeouts	20	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	3.94	4.21
WHIP	1.25	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	# 346

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 274

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	19

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	18.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	11	2

Hits Allowed	30	19

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	27	17

Walks	6	7

ERA	2.80	2.41

WHIP	1.02	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.5	23.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	6

Hits Allowed	22	23

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	20	22

Walks	6	10

ERA	3.94	4.21

WHIP	1.25	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Reds activated LHP Caleb Ferguson off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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	Caleb Ferguson will make another appearance on his rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	The Reds sent Caleb Ferguson on a rehab assignment to Double-A Chattanooga. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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	Caleb Ferguson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Chattanooga on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	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	Caleb Ferguson threw 16 pitches in a simulated inning during a live batting practice session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters again on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 21st
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			Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs CHC
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)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Ferguson for Jakob Junis (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation