Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	‐
VBR	# 481	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.73	‐
WHIP	1.20	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 262	# 315

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	‐

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


Games Played	46	31

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	29.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	17	8

Hits Allowed	44	32

Earned Runs	15	18

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	35	17

Walks	12	16

ERA	2.74	5.59

WHIP	1.14	1.66

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


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.7	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	3.73	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
News
	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Cubs designated Drew Pomeranz for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Cubs are calling up Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Drew Pomeranz is making his way in Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Pomeranz joined the Cubs on a minor-league contract. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	The Angels released Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#185
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#208
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#391
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#126	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#407
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#216	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#290	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#368	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#405
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#223
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#305	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#144	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#136
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#252	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#119
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#119	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for Jakob Junis (2026)

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