Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 490	# 836

Projections

Strikeouts	20	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.02	4.68
WHIP	1.27	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	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	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	2

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	36.0	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	31	2

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	28	3

Walks	6	2

ERA	2.75	27.00

WHIP	1.03	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	23.2	8.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	22	8

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	7

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.02	4.68

WHIP	1.27	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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 Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	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	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	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 Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ SF
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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