Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Jose Espada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 463	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.03	4.39
WHIP	1.24	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	1

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	36.0	1.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	31	2

Earned Runs	11	0

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	28	0

Walks	6	0

ERA	2.75	0.00

WHIP	1.03	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.1	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	6

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.03	4.39

WHIP	1.24	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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 Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	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 Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	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	The Orioles optioned Jose Espada to Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ DET
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Jose Espada (2026)

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