Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Packy Naughton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 376	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	32	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.58	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 181	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 190	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	78.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	83	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	4.58	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	42.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.58	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
News
	Janson Junk allowed one unearned run on three hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 5-2 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	Packy Naughton announced his retirement from baseball. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Janson Junk allowed one run on seven hits and no walks while striking out six across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 5-3 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Cardinals LHP Packy Naughton will have elbow surgery next week. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	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 Cardinals have reassigned left-hander Packy Naughton to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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
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			Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL

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