Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Kyle Hurt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	# 274
VBR	# 467	# 659

Projections

Strikeouts	19	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.99	4.05
WHIP	1.26	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	# 231

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 320

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Kyle Hurt RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	33

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	37.0	33.1

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	12	8

Hits Allowed	34	28

Earned Runs	12	17

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	29	39

Walks	6	18

ERA	2.92	4.59

WHIP	1.08	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Kyle Hurt RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	12.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	22	11

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	19	14

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.99	4.05

WHIP	1.26	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Kyle Hurt RP - LAD
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Kyle Hurt will likely be the 27th man in Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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 Dodgers optioned RHP Kyle Hurt to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Kyle Hurt allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out one batter in Friday's 9-3 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Kyle Hurt allowed one hit and one walk while striking out one batter over a scoreless inning in Friday's 4-3 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Kyle Hurt struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame in Monday's 4-3 win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Kyle Hurt RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Kyle Hurt (2026)

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