2023 Stats
W-L
4-3
ERA
3.93
WHIP
1.30
K
95
SV
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
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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.
ANALYSIS
Scott Alexander started for San Francisco and got two outs before Junis entered in the first frame with a runner on second base. Junis surrendered a single to allow the inherited runner to score, and he yielded two runs of his own in the third inning before departing with two outs in the fifth. The right-hander has bounced between opening and pitching in bulk relief lately, tossing more than one frame in each of his past five outings. However, he hasn't pitched more than four innings in any appearance this season, and he's recorded just one decision -- a win -- over his past 22 games despite pitching to a solid 3.47 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 51:5 K:BB over 49.1 frames during that span.
Scott Alexander started for San Francisco and got two outs before Junis entered in the first frame with a runner on second base. Junis surrendered a single to allow the inherited runner to score, and he yielded two runs of his own in the third inning before departing with two outs in the fifth. The right-hander has bounced between opening and pitching in bulk relief lately, tossing more than one frame in each of his past five outings. However, he hasn't pitched more than four innings in any appearance this season, and he's recorded just one decision -- a win -- over his past 22 games despite pitching to a solid 3.47 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 51:5 K:BB over 49.1 frames during that span.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
35
Last 10 Games
38
Last 5 Games
42
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
-13%
BAA vs RHP
2023
-2%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .293 | 92 | 30 | 119 | 15 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .254 | 142 | 28 | 133 | 17 | |||
2023vs Left | .266 | 27 | 11 | 29 | 4 | |||
2023vs Right | .271 | 68 | 10 | 60 | 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
-20%
ERA on Road
2023
-26%
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 | 3.89 | 1.28 | 118.0 | 8.4 | 2.3 | ||||
2023Home | 4.62 | 1.32 | 37.0 | 11.4 | 2.2 | ||||
2023Away | 3.40 | 1.28 | 47.2 | 9.1 | 2.3 | ||||
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
4.52K/9
10.1BB/9
2.2HR/9
1.3Fastball
93.8 mphERA
3.93WHIP
1.30BABIP
.349GB/FB
1.33Left On Base
73.0%Exit Velocity
81.5 mphBarrels/BBE
5.6%Spin Rate
2268 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.0%Swinging Strike
11.6%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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The Royals have a type of pitcher they like, as evidenced by Brad Keller and Junis. Throw fastballs and sliders, and we'll try to see what happens. That has been the case with Junis, and the slider is easily his best pitch. He leveraged it successfully in both 2018 and 2019, throwing it with a high degree of success to hide his rather hittable fastball. Do whatever you will with the small sample of 2020, but the fact remains Junis was getting strikeouts despite his limitations in other seasons. The main issue is his repertoire leaves him susceptible to lefties who have little trouble hitting him, so he attempts to pitch around them and get to the next righty in the lineup. He can contribute strikeouts to your bottom line, but they'll come at the expense of your ratios. He does not walk many, but the non-slider offerings are too hittable.
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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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Getting start Thursday
Junis will start for the Giants on Thursday at San Diego, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
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Snags win Wednesday
Junis (4-3) allowed one hit and struck out one without walking a batter over one scoreless inning to earn the extra-inning win over the Phillies on Wednesday.
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Struggles as opener
Junis allowed two unearned runs on two hits and struck out one without walking a batter over 1.2 innings Sunday versus Atlanta. He did not factor in the decision.
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Making start Sunday
Junis will start Sunday's series finale in Atlanta, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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