Who Should I Trade?

Ian Hamilton for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 486	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.94	3.90
WHIP	1.25	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	4

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	4.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	30	6

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	27	4

Walks	6	3

ERA	2.80	7.71

WHIP	1.02	1.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.5	12.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	6	2

Hits Allowed	22	11

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	13

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.94	3.90

WHIP	1.25	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Braves sent RHP Ian Hamilton outright to Triple-A Gwinnett. 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	Ian Hamilton was designated for assignment following Thursday's loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Ian Hamilton was recalled by the Braves ahead of Wednesday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	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	The Braves sent RHP Ian Hamilton outright to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	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	Ian Hamilton has been designated for assignment by the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. Didier Fuentes has been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett to take his spot on the Braves' roster. David Leisering Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Hamilton for Jakob Junis (2026)

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