Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 123	# 151
VBR	# 311	# 403

Projections

Strikeouts	24	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.49
WHIP	1.34	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	# 188

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	# 146

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 167

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 120

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	21

Games Started	27	20

Innings Pitched	157.0	103.0

Wins	5	6

Losses	14	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	156	106

Earned Runs	69	47

Home Runs Allowed	11	12

Strikeouts	139	70

Walks	55	28

ERA	3.96	4.11

WHIP	1.34	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	4

Games Started	5	4

Innings Pitched	26.3	24.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	26

Earned Runs	12	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	24	17

Walks	10	6

ERA	4.22	4.49

WHIP	1.34	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
News
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 30th	Janson Junk allowed one run on four hits over 4 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 31st
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th	Janson Junk allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and one walk while striking out two across six innings in Wednesday's 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 13th
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th	Janson Junk allowed two runs on five hits and one walk while striking out one run across three innings in Thursday's 11-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 7th
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th	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
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#300
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#300	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#349	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Tue, Jul 21st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#250	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#137
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Shane Baz (2026)

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