Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 151	# 177
VBR	# 450	# 670

Projections

Strikeouts	19	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.25
WHIP	1.34	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	# 200

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	# 191

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 228

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	26

Games Started	19	11

Innings Pitched	98.1	67.2

Wins	6	5

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	102	64

Earned Runs	46	45

Home Runs Allowed	12	14

Strikeouts	68	50

Walks	26	21

ERA	4.21	5.99

WHIP	1.30	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	11

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	26.8	10.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	28	11

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	19	9

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.54	4.25

WHIP	1.34	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
News
	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	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	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 Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
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			Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Steven Matz (2026)

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