Who Should I Trade?

Janson Junk for Tyler Kinley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 151	# 333
VBR	# 450	# 478

Projections

Strikeouts	18	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	4.30
WHIP	1.34	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 286

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	# 365

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Tyler Kinley RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	51

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	98.1	44.2

Wins	6	6

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	1	11

Hits Allowed	102	35

Earned Runs	46	19

Home Runs Allowed	12	9

Strikeouts	68	42

Walks	26	22

ERA	4.21	3.83

WHIP	1.30	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Tyler Kinley RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	12

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	26.0	9.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	27	8

Earned Runs	13	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	10

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.51	4.30

WHIP	1.34	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Tyler Kinley RP - DET
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	Tyler Kinley signed a major-league contract with the Tigers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 24th
	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	The Braves designated RHP Tyler Kinley for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Tyler Kinley worked a scoreless 10th inning to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 9th
	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	Tyler Kinley (paternity) has rejoined the Braves ahead of Friday's game in St. Louis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	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 Braves placed Tyler Kinley on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
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			Tyler Kinley RP - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#208
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#428
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
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)	#192
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

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Janson Junk for Tyler Kinley (2026)

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