Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	# 141
VBR	# 379	# 281

Projections

Strikeouts	32	45
Wins	2	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.56	4.46
WHIP	1.34	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 181	# 160

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 190	# 145

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	# 145

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	# 156

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	23

Games Started	15	9

Innings Pitched	78.2	91.2

Wins	5	2

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	83	94

Earned Runs	40	48

Home Runs Allowed	11	13

Strikeouts	61	88

Walks	22	30

ERA	4.58	4.71

WHIP	1.33	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	7	8

Innings Pitched	42.9	45.8

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	43

Earned Runs	22	23

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	32	45

Walks	11	15

ERA	4.56	4.46

WHIP	1.34	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
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	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across six innings in Wednesday's 3-2 Game 1 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Sean Manaea will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th
	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer 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	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
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			Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Sean Manaea (2026)

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