Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Josh Hader (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	# 150
VBR	# 175	# 461

Projections

Strikeouts	31	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	12	1
ERA	3.16	3.99
WHIP	1.13	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	# 83

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 17	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 51	# 109

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 19	# 225

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 72	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	32

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.1	36.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	5

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	10	31

Earned Runs	3	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	29	28

Walks	8	6

ERA	1.47	2.75

WHIP	0.98	1.03

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	23.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	12	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	15	22

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	31	20

Walks	9	6

ERA	3.16	3.99

WHIP	1.13	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
News
	Josh Hader struck out one batter in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Josh Hader allowed one walk while striking out two over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Josh Hader struck out two batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday’s 6-4 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	Josh Hader struck out one over one scoreless frame to pick up the save in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Josh Hader struck out two and allowed one walk over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Wednesday’s 3-1 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Hader RP - HOU			Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Josh Hader (2026)

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