Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	# 264
VBR	# 615	# 820

Projections

Strikeouts	4	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	3.42
WHIP	1.30	1.15

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 306

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 262	# 205

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	61

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	50.1	54.2

Wins	1	4

Losses	3	6

Saves	6	2

Blown Saves	2	6

Holds	17	19

Hits Allowed	49	41

Earned Runs	19	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	35	67

Walks	13	32

ERA	3.40	3.13

WHIP	1.23	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.9	1.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	1

Earned Runs	2	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	4	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.08	3.42

WHIP	1.30	1.15

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
News
	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Fernando Cruz will resume tossing on flat ground this weekend. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Fernando Cruz is seeking a second opinion after he was diagnosed with a torn UCL. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Fernando Cruz has been diagnosed with a partially torn UCL in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	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 placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
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			Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#130	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#217	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#193	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#282	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)	#252
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#214	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#204	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#173
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111	@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#48
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#226
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#279
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37

Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Jakob Junis (2026)

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