Jakob Junis
31-Year-Old
2023 Stats
W-L
4-3
ERA
3.87
WHIP
1.29
K
96
SV
1
2024 Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
San Francisco has a strong track record of taking pitching castoffs from other organizations and making them into useful assets. In the case of Junis, it was almost an extreme makeover because Kansas City's pitching development did little to make Junis better and even Junis's first year with the Giants could only get so much out of him as a starter. The club decided to turn Junis into a reliever in 2023 and he rewarded them and NL Only fantasy managers with a 20.4% K-BB% along with 96 strikeouts in 86 innings and 4 wins. The righty's best pitch has always been his slider, so the Giants encouraged him to spin it early and often, and he did so throwing it 62.5% of the time. It is a good thing he did too because his sinker was safely put into play 42% of the time and his changeup 27% of the time. Junis is at his best in a White Castle Special of heavy sliders, but the lack of an effective second pitch pigeonholes his role in the pen. Read Past Outlooks
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Sharp in second spring start
Junis started and threw four scoreless innings in Sunday's exhibition contest. He did not allow a hit, hit a batter and posted a 3:2 K:BB in the contest.
ANALYSIS
Junis was tagged for four earned runs over 2.0 innings in his spring debut, but the results were much better his second time out, even though only 33 of the 56 pitches he tossed were strikes. Junis will occupy a spot on Milwaukee's Opening Day roster after signing a one-year, $7 million contract with the team, and he is pushing to break camp in the starting rotation.
Junis was tagged for four earned runs over 2.0 innings in his spring debut, but the results were much better his second time out, even though only 33 of the 56 pitches he tossed were strikes. Junis will occupy a spot on Milwaukee's Opening Day roster after signing a one-year, $7 million contract with the team, and he is pushing to break camp in the starting rotation.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
35
Last 10 Games
36
Last 5 Games
40
How many pitches does Jakob Junis generally throw?
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What part of the game does Jakob Junis generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-12%
BAA vs RHP
2023
-5%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .291 | 93 | 30 | 119 | 15 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .255 | 142 | 28 | 134 | 17 | |||
2023vs Left | .259 | 28 | 11 | 29 | 4 | |||
2023vs Right | .274 | 68 | 10 | 61 | 8 | |||
2022vs Left | .307 | 44 | 11 | 65 | 7 | |||
2022vs Right | .235 | 54 | 14 | 55 | 6 | |||
2021vs Left | .294 | 21 | 8 | 25 | 4 | |||
2021vs Right | .261 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 3 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-21%
ERA on Road
2023
-28%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 4.88 | 1.35 | 118.0 | 9.5 | 2.1 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 3.85 | 1.27 | 119.1 | 8.4 | 2.3 | ||||
2023Home | 4.62 | 1.32 | 37.0 | 11.4 | 2.2 | ||||
2023Away | 3.31 | 1.27 | 49.0 | 9.0 | 2.2 | ||||
2022Home | 4.21 | 1.32 | 57.2 | 8.4 | 2.0 | ||||
2022Away | 4.64 | 1.27 | 54.1 | 7.3 | 2.0 | ||||
2021Home | 6.94 | 1.46 | 23.1 | 8.9 | 2.3 | ||||
2021Away | 2.81 | 1.31 | 16.0 | 10.1 | 3.4 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Jakob Junis compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
4.57K/9
10.0BB/9
2.2HR/9
1.3Fastball
93.8 mphERA
3.87WHIP
1.29BABIP
.347GB/FB
1.31Left On Base
73.2%Exit Velocity
81.5 mphBarrels/BBE
5.5%Spin Rate
2269 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.8%Swinging Strike
11.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Junis has spent a career trying to find something to go along with his slider and his command of the strikezone, but has yet to find anything else. Kansas City was not exactly known for great pitching development in his time there, so the move to San Franciso was interesting because of their track record of turning castaways into treasure. The Giants had Junis really lean into the slider and took away his very hittable four-seamer to see what would work. The problem became his sinker was even more hittable than his four-seamer, and the changeup they gave him lacks any redeeming characteristics. Junis made 17 starts, but such a limited repertoire in both depth and effectiveness is playing with fire depending on the matchups because he historically has issues with lefties. The best outcome we can hope for here is a full-time conversion to reliever and him going Matt Wisler with the slider and throwing it 90% of the time. Until that happens, he is not worth rostering.
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Joining Milwaukee
Junis agreed to a one-year, $7 million contract with the Brewers on Monday, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.com reports.
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Out for season
The Giants placed Junis on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with a cervical strain, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
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Exits with neck tightness
Junis was lifted from Saturday's game against the Dodgers with neck tightness, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
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Works four innings in bulk relief
Junis allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and one walk while striking out five batters over four innings in bulk relief against the Rockies in Game 2 of a doubleheader Saturday.
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Covers most innings Tuesday
Junis allowed two runs on four hits and one walk while striking out two over 2.2 innings during Tuesday's 11-8 loss to the Cubs. He did not factor in the decision.
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