Who Should I Trade?

Drew Anderson for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 222	# 162
VBR	# 318	# 538

Projections

Strikeouts	19	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	3.96
WHIP	1.35	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 140

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 109

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	# 253

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 211	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	43

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	91.2	46.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	5	2

Saves	2	5

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	6	17

Hits Allowed	82	40

Earned Runs	38	14

Home Runs Allowed	13	3

Strikeouts	101	35

Walks	37	12

ERA	3.73	2.72

WHIP	1.30	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	17.8	8.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	16	8

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	7

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.07	3.96

WHIP	1.35	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
News
	Drew Anderson allowed four hits and five walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Drew Anderson allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Drew Anderson allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 17th	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Drew Anderson allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Tuesday’s win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	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
	Drew Anderson will start on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET			Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#424
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#225
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#218	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#218	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#258	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#319
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#428
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#410	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#145
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#177
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#226
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#43
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#202
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Anderson for Jakob Junis (2026)

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