Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Justin Sterner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 140	# 329
VBR	# 368	# 572

Projections

Strikeouts	39	21
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.61	4.42
WHIP	1.34	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 178	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	# 282

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	# 361

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	46

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	65.0	42.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	68	46

Earned Runs	33	29

Home Runs Allowed	9	11

Strikeouts	48	40

Walks	17	13

ERA	4.57	6.12

WHIP	1.31	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	24

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	52.7	21.7

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	56	20

Earned Runs	27	11

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	39	21

Walks	13	8

ERA	4.61	4.42

WHIP	1.34	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
News
	Janson Junk allowed one earned run on three hits and four walks while striking out five across five innings in Thursday's 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Marlins activated RHP Janson Junk from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Janson Junk will be activated from the 15-day injured list to start Thursday's game against the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Janson Junk felt better coming out of his last rehab start. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Janson Junk threw 61 pitches over three innings for Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA			Justin Sterner RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Justin Sterner (2026)

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