Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Janson Junk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 152	‐
VBR	# 338	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	33	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.53
WHIP	1.33	1.17

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 190	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	78.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	83	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	4.58	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	6

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	1.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	2

Earned Runs	22	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	33	1

Walks	11	0

ERA	4.55	4.53

WHIP	1.33	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	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 Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Janson Junk allowed one earned run on three hits and four walks while striking out five across five innings in Thursday's 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
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			Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Janson Junk (2026)

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