Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 150	# 119
VBR	# 490	# 360

Projections

Strikeouts	20	38
Wins	1	2
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.02	4.07
WHIP	1.27	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	# 121

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 37

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 85	# 96

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	9

Games Started	1	9

Innings Pitched	36.0	55.0

Wins	1	5

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	31	33

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	7

Strikeouts	28	50

Walks	6	15

ERA	2.75	1.80

WHIP	1.03	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	19

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	23.2	42.8

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	22	40

Earned Runs	10	19

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	20	38

Walks	6	14

ERA	4.02	4.07

WHIP	1.27	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
News
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Angels. Chris Schommer 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	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton allowed just one unearned run on four hits and one walk across 5 1/3 innings, earning the win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Troy Melton allowed two hits and one walk while striking out seven over 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out six over six innings in Thursday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th
	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	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton pitched six innings of one-run ball while earning the win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs BAL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Troy Melton (2026)

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