Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Lucas Erceg (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 150	# 162
VBR	# 490	# 442

Projections

Strikeouts	20	21
Wins	1	2
Saves	1	3
ERA	4.02	4.04
WHIP	1.27	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	# 181

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 203

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 85	# 149

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	# 150

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	40

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	36.0	38.1

Wins	1	4

Losses	1	3

Saves	5	12

Blown Saves	1	6

Holds	12	3

Hits Allowed	31	42

Earned Runs	11	23

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	28	27

Walks	6	23

ERA	2.75	5.40

WHIP	1.03	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.2	24.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	3

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	22	23

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	21

Walks	6	10

ERA	4.02	4.04

WHIP	1.27	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Lucas Erceg allowed three runs, one earned, on two hits over one inning in Friday's 7-6 win over the Padres. Chase Davis 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	Lucas Erceg allowed two hits without a walk or strikeout while tossing a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Wednesday that he will play the matchups in the ninth inning for the short term. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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	Lucas Erceg took his second consecutive loss on Saturday, allowing five straight hits, including a home run, and three runs, without recording an out. Chase Davis Sun, May 31st
	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	Lucas Erceg worked around a walk in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Cardinals. Chase Davis Mon, May 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Lucas Erceg RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Lucas Erceg (2026)

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