Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Tayler Saucedo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 379	# 917

Projections

Strikeouts	32	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.56	4.17
WHIP	1.34	1.52

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	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	6

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	78.2	3.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	83	5

Earned Runs	40	2

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	61	6

Walks	22	0

ERA	4.58	5.40

WHIP	1.33	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	42.9	9.4

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	46	9

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	32	9

Walks	11	4

ERA	4.56	4.17

WHIP	1.34	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
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	The Angels optioned RHP Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Tayler Saucedo has been recalled to the big-league club by the Angels. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 6th
	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 Angels optioned Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Angels recalled Tayler Saucedo from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	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	The Angels optioned Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
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			Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

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Janson Junk for Tayler Saucedo (2026)

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