Who Should I Trade?

Francis Pena for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Francis Pena RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 448	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.96	4.29
WHIP	1.25	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Francis Pena RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	40.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	5	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	14	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.08	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Francis Pena RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.0	2.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	2

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	18	2

Walks	5	1

ERA	3.96	4.29

WHIP	1.25	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Francis Pena RP - SD
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	Jakob Junis earned his fifth save Sunday against the Padres with a scoreless ninth inning. Jacob Latz was unavailable after pitching Friday and Saturday. Junis opened the inning by allowing singles to Fernando Tatis Jr. and Xander Bogaerts but retired Ty France, Sung-Mun Song, and Rodolfo Durán to preserve the one-run lead. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd
	Junis has a 1.69 ERA, 0.79 WHIP, and 17:5 K:BB across 26.2 innings this season and has allowed just two runs over his last 17.2 frames. Tuesday marked his fourth save of the year and first since April 12. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 3rd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Francis Pena RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#225	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#228
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#216	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

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Francis Pena for Jakob Junis (2026)

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