Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Kyle Keller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 482	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.95	‐
WHIP	1.24	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	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	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	35.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	5	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	11	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	2.80	‐

WHIP	1.02	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	3.95	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
News
	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	Kyle Keller has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The righthander receives an invitation to spring training and will make $1.9 million, with incentives, if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	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
	Jakob Junis will open for the Rangers on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
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 Keller RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#210	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#313
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#118	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#315
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#281	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#281	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#251	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#366
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#336	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#313	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#236	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs TB
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#202	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	vs BAL
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs BAL
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA			vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ ATH
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Kyle Keller (2026)

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