Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for JT Brubaker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 448	# 609

Projections

Strikeouts	18	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	2
ERA	3.96	4.50
WHIP	1.25	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 268

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	JT Brubaker RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	32

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	52.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	14	3

Hits Allowed	36	41

Earned Runs	12	18

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	30	36

Walks	7	20

ERA	2.70	3.10

WHIP	1.08	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	JT Brubaker RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.0	19.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	20	19

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	15

Walks	5	8

ERA	3.96	4.50

WHIP	1.25	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	JT Brubaker RP - SF
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			JT Brubaker RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#216	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#155
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for JT Brubaker (2026)

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