Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Michel Otanez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 142	‐
VBR	# 387	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	38	10
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	4.24
WHIP	1.35	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 179	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 146	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	‐

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


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	13	‐

Innings Pitched	69.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	73	‐

Earned Runs	39	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	5.09	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

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


Games Played	12	21

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	51.8	8.5

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	55	8

Earned Runs	27	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	38	10

Walks	13	5

ERA	4.63	4.24

WHIP	1.35	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
News
	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	The Rangers designated RHP Michel Otañez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Otanez allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk across 2.1 innings over three Cactus League appearances. Texas optioned him to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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 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
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			Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
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 Michel Otanez (2026)

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