Who Should I Trade?

J.P. France for Kenley Jansen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 78	‐
VBR	# 329	# 1062

Projections

Strikeouts	23	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	4.15	4.72
WHIP	1.28	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 64	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 64	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 122	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	6.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	6

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	29	4

Walks	16	5

ERA	4.21	8.10

WHIP	1.29	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.9	5.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	18	5

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	23	5

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.15	4.72

WHIP	1.28	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
News
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	J.P. France has been sent down to Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 20th
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen nailed down a save in a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	The Astros designated J.P. France for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen picked up a save in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st	The Astros recalled J.P. France. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	J.P. France is returning to Seattle to re-join the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Tigers have activated right-hander Kenley Jansen from the 15-day IL ahead of Friday's series opener against the Guardians. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th	The Astros optioned RHP J.P. France to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET			J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

J.P. France for Kenley Jansen (2026)

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