Who Should I Trade?

Chris Roycroft for Janson Junk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 142	‐
VBR	# 360	# 889

Projections

Strikeouts	37	14
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.59	4.66
WHIP	1.34	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 179	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 146	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	69.0	15.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	73	23

Earned Runs	39	15

Home Runs Allowed	11	5

Strikeouts	51	13

Walks	20	11

ERA	5.09	8.80

WHIP	1.35	2.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	20

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	50.7	17.5

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	54	18

Earned Runs	26	9

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	37	14

Walks	12	8

ERA	4.59	4.66

WHIP	1.34	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
News
	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	The Rays recalled RHP Chris Roycroft from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Cardinals traded Chris Roycroft to the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	The Cardinals designated Chris Roycroft for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Marlins activated RHP Janson Junk from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Cardinals optioned RHP Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Janson Junk will be activated from the 15-day injured list to start Thursday's game against the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	The Cardinals optioned RHP Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
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			Chris Roycroft RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs DET	Ty Madden	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Roycroft for Janson Junk (2026)

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