Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	# 150
VBR	# 189	# 486

Projections

Strikeouts	29	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	13	1
ERA	3.39	3.94
WHIP	1.18	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	# 85

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	# 109

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 24	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	31

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	40.0	35.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	18	5

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	32	30

Earned Runs	12	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	45	27

Walks	12	6

ERA	2.70	2.80

WHIP	1.10	1.02

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.4	23.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	6

Hits Allowed	20	22

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	29	20

Walks	9	6

ERA	3.39	3.94

WHIP	1.18	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
News
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	David Bednar struck out three batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in the Yankees' 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	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
	The Yankees activated David Bednar from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	The Yankees have placed closer David Bedar on the paternity list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	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
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Jakob Junis (2026)

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