Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Janson Junk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 151	# 185
VBR	# 430	# 435

Projections

Strikeouts	22	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.09
WHIP	1.34	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	# 183

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 179

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	45

Games Started	19	6

Innings Pitched	98.1	91.2

Wins	6	7

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	5

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	9

Hits Allowed	102	78

Earned Runs	46	34

Home Runs Allowed	12	9

Strikeouts	68	82

Walks	26	35

ERA	4.21	3.34

WHIP	1.30	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	13

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	30.3	16.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	32	15

Earned Runs	15	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	15

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.52	4.09

WHIP	1.34	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL
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	Chad Patrick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Thu, May 28th
	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	Chad Patrick will start for the Brewers on Wednesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	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	Chad Patrick allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
	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	Chad Patrick allowed two earned runs on one hit and five walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday’s 13-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 29th
	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	Chad Patrick is expected to pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
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			Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Janson Junk (2026)

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