Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Lazaro Estrada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 463	# 785

Projections

Strikeouts	20	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.03	4.82
WHIP	1.24	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	36.0	7.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	31	1

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	28	3

Walks	6	4

ERA	2.75	2.45

WHIP	1.03	0.68

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.1	16.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	22	17

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	20	14

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.03	4.82

WHIP	1.24	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Blue Jays recalled Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. 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	The Blue Jays are expected to recall Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	The Blue Jays placed Lazaro Estrada on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow 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	Lazaro Estrada was optioned back to the minors ahead of Tuesday's game against the Astros. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	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 Blue Jays activated Lazaro Estrada from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Lazaro Estrada (2026)

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