Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 162	# 316
VBR	# 567	# 634

Projections

Strikeouts	7	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.82	3.73
WHIP	1.26	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 404

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 253	# 247

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	38

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	46.1	33.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	17	8

Hits Allowed	40	29

Earned Runs	14	18

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	35	33

Walks	12	19

ERA	2.72	4.91

WHIP	1.12	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	4.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	9	4

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	4

Walks	3	2

ERA	3.82	3.73

WHIP	1.26	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
News
	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Shawn Armstrong has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Guardians have transferred right-hander Shawn Armstrong (calf) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#85	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#139	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#290	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#273	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#255	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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