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Dennis Santana for Janson Junk (2026)
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Experts' Pick | Experts' Pick | |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA  | Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA  | |
Expert |
50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts |
50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 194 | # 146 |
| VBR | # 651 | # 386 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 12 | 33 |
| Wins | 1 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.27 | 4.57 |
| WHIP | 1.39 | 1.33 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | FA | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 273 | # 181 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 426 | # 120 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 124 | # 179 |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 132 | # 146 |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 44 | 15 |
| Games Started | 0 | 15 |
| Innings Pitched | 41.2 | 78.2 |
| Wins | 2 | 5 |
| Losses | 5 | 6 |
| Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 5 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 42 | 83 |
| Earned Runs | 28 | 40 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 11 |
| Strikeouts | 37 | 61 |
| Walks | 21 | 22 |
| ERA | 6.05 | 4.58 |
| WHIP | 1.51 | 1.33 |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 13 | 10 |
| Games Started | 0 | 8 |
| Innings Pitched | 12.7 | 44.6 |
| Wins | 1 | 2 |
| Losses | 1 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 12 | 47 |
| Earned Runs | 6 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 12 | 33 |
| Walks | 5 | 11 |
| ERA | 4.27 | 4.57 |
| WHIP | 1.39 | 1.33 |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA | |
| News | ||
| Pirates RHP Dennis Santana elected free agency. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th | 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 Pirates designated RHP Dennis Santana for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd | 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 | |
| Dennis Santana recorded only two outs in the top of the ninth inning on Monday, but not before he allowed four runs on four hits and two walks in his second blown save of the year. The Cardinals won, 4-2. David Leisering Mon, Apr 27th | 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 | |
| Dennis Santana earned his second save of the season on Wednesday, pitching around a one-out hit batter, to help the Pirates to a 2-0 win over the Nationals. David Leisering Thu, Apr 16th | Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th | |
| Dennis Santana allowed a run on one hit and two walks in the bottom of the ninth for his first blown save of the season on Saturday. The Pirates won the game anyway, 4-3, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sat, Apr 11th | 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 | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (2-10) | #362 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #433 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #430 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (9-5) | #92 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (6-6) | #381 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #182 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ NYY | Will Warren (8-5) | #70 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (4-7) | #69 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #16 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #337 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-6) | #105 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (5-10) | #148 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-7) | #290 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ DET | Keider Montero (7-6) | #145 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ DET | Casey Mize (4-6) | #44 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (7-5) | #2 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (6-4) | #142 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (4-3) | #82 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (7-6) | #132 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-1) | #222 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-2) | ||||
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (11-4) | #6 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #98 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs STL | Dustin May (5-7) | #56 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #103 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-7) | #185 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (10-6) | #100 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (7-9) | #62 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6) | #12 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (8-2) | #1 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #66 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (10-2) | #5 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-8) | #219 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #11 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-9) | #59 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #181 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (8-2) | #134 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #230 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (12-3) | #53 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-4) | #387 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (8-4) | #55 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (7-3) | #86 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7) | ||||
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-8) | #127 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ TB | Ian Seymour (7-3) | #77 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (10-3) | #93 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (9-5) | #19 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-2) | #283 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (6-6) | #235 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (12-6) | #7 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (4-2) | #296 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-2) | #198 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-9) | #37 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (3-3) | #50 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (5-5) | #67 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (3-3) | #172 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-10) | #27 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-9) | #37 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (3-3) | #50 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (7-7) | #29 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (8-4) | #55 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-4) | #387 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (2-3) | #193 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (9-5) | #19 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (9-6) | #41 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (6-8) | #58 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-9) | #166 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (3-5) | #200 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (8-8) | #122 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (10-4) | #32 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (3-8) | #106 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (9-9) | #3 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (10-2) | #5 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #11 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-8) | #219 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (7-9) | #62 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (3-7) | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs SF | Logan Webb (6-7) | #17 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs TEX | Tyler Alexander (1-1) | #177 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs TEX | Cal Quantrill (4-3) | #287 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (7-6) | #8 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #98 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #110 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #103 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ COL | Sean Sullivan (0-3) | #425 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ COL | Tanner Gordon (0-2) | #423 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (2-10) | #362 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #433 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ ATH | Jack Perkins (2-6) | #102 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-7) | #192 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ ATH | Gage Jump (4-6) | #87 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (7-8) | #13 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs SEA | George Kirby (8-9) | #21 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (4-5) | #36 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (8-6) | #45 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (4-11) | #54 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-6) | #89 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (5-1) | #40 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ MIL | Shane Drohan (6-4) | #72 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (3-4) | #115 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ HOU | Ronel Blanco (0-1) | #129 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (6-4) | #146 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (8-5) | #150 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs SD | German Marquez (4-2) | #335 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (6-6) | #251 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs SD | Walker Buehler (6-5) | #229 | |||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (10-2) | #5 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-9) | #59 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #11 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (7-7) | #29 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-8) | #189 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ NYM | Zac Thornton (2-1) | #147 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #116 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (12-6) | #7 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (6-4) | #142 | |||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (7-6) | #132 | |||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (9-6) | #52 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (6-7) | #286 | |||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (3-7) | #34 | |||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PIT | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PIT | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PIT | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CIN | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CIN | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CIN | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ PHI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ PHI | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs WSH | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs WSH | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs WSH | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs BOS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BOS | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BOS | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ WSH | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ WSH | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ WSH | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ KC | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ KC | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs CHC | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs CHC | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs CHC | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs NYM | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs NYM | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs LAD | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs LAD | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs LAD | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ ARI | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ ARI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ SD | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ SD | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ SD | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ CHC | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ CHC | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ CHC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ATL | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ATL | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ATL | |||||
