Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 379	# 826

Projections

Strikeouts	32	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.56	4.12
WHIP	1.34	1.32

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	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
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	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	42.9	8.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	8

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	32	7

Walks	11	3

ERA	4.56	4.12

WHIP	1.34	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
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	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Sawyer Gipson-Long is “not 100 percent” and is shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	Sawyer Gipson-Long was pulled from his start for Triple-A Toledo on Friday due to discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been activated off the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Toledo. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 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			Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

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Janson Junk for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

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