Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 63	# 142
VBR	# 179	# 378

Projections

Strikeouts	68	37
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.60
WHIP	1.30	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 179

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 146

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 146

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 120

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	22	13

Innings Pitched	115.2	69.0

Wins	6	4

Losses	8	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	73

Earned Runs	62	39

Home Runs Allowed	14	11

Strikeouts	127	51

Walks	44	20

ERA	4.82	5.09

WHIP	1.31	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	11	9

Innings Pitched	61.4	50.9

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	54

Earned Runs	27	26

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	68	37

Walks	23	13

ERA	3.94	4.60

WHIP	1.30	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
News
	MacKenzie Gore allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Friday's 5-4 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Janson Junk allowed six runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three across four innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	MacKenzie Gore allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	MacKenzie Gore took the loss Wednesday against the Angels after allowing seven runs on nine hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out seven. Gore gave up two home runs to Jo Adell, which accounted for five of the seven runs. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	The Marlins activated RHP Janson Junk from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	MacKenzie Gore took the loss Wednesday against the Guardians after allowing five runs on seven hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out seven in Texas’ 9-4 defeat, with all five runs coming in the second inning, including a three-run homer by David Fry. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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