Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 115	# 162
VBR	# 364	# 538

Projections

Strikeouts	14	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	3.96
WHIP	1.31	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	# 140

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	# 109

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	# 253

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	43

Games Started	18	1

Innings Pitched	95.1	46.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	5

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	17

Hits Allowed	87	40

Earned Runs	36	14

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	91	35

Walks	24	12

ERA	3.40	2.72

WHIP	1.16	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	10

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	15.3	8.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	14	8

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	7

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.17	3.96

WHIP	1.31	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
News
	Michael Soroka will pitch in a simulated game on Friday at Salt River Fields in Arizona. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Michael Soroka allowed six runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Michael Soroka allowed two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	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
	Michael Soroka allowed three hits over 4 1/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision on Monday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#202
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#225
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#319
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#145
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#177
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#226
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#354	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#43
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#393
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Michael Soroka (2026)

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