Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Janson Junk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 379	# 709

Projections

Strikeouts	32	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	4.26
WHIP	1.33	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 181	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 190	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	# 477

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	4

Games Started	15	4

Innings Pitched	78.2	17.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	83	19

Earned Runs	40	9

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	61	10

Walks	22	11

ERA	4.58	4.76

WHIP	1.33	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	42.8	10.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	10

Earned Runs	22	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	32	9

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.58	4.26

WHIP	1.33	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
News
	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	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Elmer Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
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			Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Janson Junk (2026)

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