Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for McCade Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 140	‐
VBR	# 369	# 1106

Projections

Strikeouts	39	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	5.17
WHIP	1.34	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 178	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	65.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	68	‐

Earned Runs	33	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	53.5	6.9

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	7

Earned Runs	27	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	39	6

Walks	13	3

ERA	4.57	5.17

WHIP	1.34	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	McCade Brown SP - COL
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	McCade Brown is continuing his throwing progression in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Marlins activated RHP Janson Junk from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	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	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Janson Junk felt better coming out of his last rehab start. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	Janson Junk threw 61 pitches over three innings for Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
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			McCade Brown SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			@ SD
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs KC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for McCade Brown (2026)

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