Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	# 324
VBR	# 442	# 747

Projections

Strikeouts	18	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.92	4.51
WHIP	1.24	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	# 403

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 261

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	43

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	39.0	51.1

Wins	1	6

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	13	4

Hits Allowed	35	33

Earned Runs	12	18

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	30	32

Walks	7	24

ERA	2.77	3.16

WHIP	1.08	1.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.2	19.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	20	20

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	16

Walks	5	7

ERA	3.92	4.51

WHIP	1.24	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Cardinals recalled RHP Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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 Cardinals optioned Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Gordon Graceffo threw a scoreless frame on nine pitches in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Gordon Graceffo threw 10 pitches in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 12-10 win over the Royals. Chase Davis 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	Gordon Graceffo walked one batter in a scoreless outing during Friday's 5-4 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Jakob Junis (2026)

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