Jakob Junis
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 238LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 29, #876, Kansas City Royals | Rock Falls (IL) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 5 7 4.42 23 17 0 112 98 1.29
2023 4 3 3.87 40 4 1 86 96 1.29
2024 4 0 2.69 24 6 1 67 51 0.85
8 Seasons 42 45 4.48 192 116 2 780.1 713 1.29
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 23 5-7 4.42 112 98 1.29
2023 40 4-3 3.87 86 96 1.29
2024 24 4-0 2.69 67 51 0.85
8 Seasons 192 42-45 4.48 780.1 713 1.29
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2017 24 1525 308 20 6.5 4.7 89.5 112.9 15.2 36.0 .272 .483 .325 .347 .400 38.2 19.0 5.9 4.30 5.30
2018 25 2838 536 46 8.6 6.1 88.7 113.1 13.8 34.5 .248 .432 .331 .323 .383 35.6 21.6 5.7 4.37 4.45
2019 26 2926 537 46 8.6 6.0 90.1 112.8 12.7 35.4 .270 .480 .340 .345 .407 41.2 21.3 7.5 5.24 5.37
2020 27 394 87 7 8.0 6.1 88.9 108.9 12.6 34.5 .287 .507 .401 .357 .408 35.6 16.7 5.3 6.39 5.59
2021 28 627 115 14 12.2 8.3 91.2 114.7 11.6 39.1 .282 .507 .336 .356 .448 43.5 24.4 7.1 5.26 5.54
2022 29 1802 351 26 7.4 5.4 88.9 111.6 12.1 35.3 .262 .414 .328 .315 .373 38.2 20.5 5.2 4.42 4.14
2023 30 1389 243 20 8.2 5.4 88.5 113.3 13.1 32.9 .241 .396 .328 .298 .375 35.4 26.2 5.7 3.87 3.71
2024 31 943 191 16 8.4 6.3 90.0 116.4 15.1 35.1 .251 .414 .259 .302 .359 42.4 20.2 3.2 2.69 3.80
Player 12444 2368 195 8.2 5.9 89.4 116.4 13.3 35.1 .260 .448 .329 .329 .390 38.5 21.4 5.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Junis relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(45.3%) ,
Sinker
(36.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(10.0%) ,
Changeup
(8.4%) ,
Cutter
(0.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 42.2 25.3 24.4 8.1 39.0 41.9 18.5 2.9 29.9 25.3 23.4 9.4 6.5 4.7
2018 42.7 27.4 22.9 6.9 38.4 36.9 24.3 2.8 31.9 27.2 24.6 4.1 8.6 6.1
2019 43.2 26.4 24.6 5.8 40.2 38.5 21.2 2.2 32.6 23.5 27.4 5.6 8.6 6.0
2020 46.0 25.3 24.1 4.6 40.2 34.5 25.3 2.3 34.5 21.8 25.3 6.9 8.0 6.1
2021 43.5 27.0 24.3 5.2 38.3 37.4 24.3 2.6 32.2 16.5 26.1 10.4 12.2 8.3
2022 43.6 25.1 26.8 4.6 38.5 36.2 25.4 3.7 30.8 23.4 29.3 5.1 7.4 5.4
2023 42.8 26.7 23.5 7.0 46.9 27.6 25.5 3.3 33.7 26.3 22.2 6.2 8.2 5.4
2024 38.7 28.8 25.7 6.8 40.3 33.5 26.2 0.5 31.4 27.7 25.7 6.3 8.4 6.3
Player 42.7 26.5 24.5 6.3 40.0 36.5 23.3 2.7 31.9 24.8 25.7 6.1 8.2 5.9
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Sinker CIN R 341 91.9 25.7 0.8 14.0ARM -1.1 6.8 0.5 14.0ARM -0.8
2024 Cutter CIN R 2 88.2 23.3 4.1 0.9ARM -3.8 11.6 3.3 0.9ARM -3.6
2024 Slider CIN R 427 83.0 38.6 -0.1 13.4GLV 6.5 1.1 0.5 13.4GLV 8.3
2024 Changeup CIN R 79 86.6 33.2 1.6 11.4ARM -3.1 3.3 1.6 11.4ARM -2.8
2024 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 94 92.5 18.3 -2.1 5.6ARM -2.2 13.6 -2.2 5.6ARM -1.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball SF R 15 93.9 18.0 -2.6 7.2ARM -0.3 13.0 -2.8 7.2ARM -0.2
2023 Slider SF R 864 84.2 38.3 0.7 13.1GLV 7.3 0.3 1.2 13.1GLV 7.8
2023 Changeup SF R 138 87.1 33.3 3.0 12.2ARM -2.4 2.6 2.8 12.2ARM -2.2
2023 Sinker SF R 365 93.7 24.3 1.8 13.7ARM -1.4 6.9 0.7 13.7ARM -1.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 Slider 0.9 4 427 45.3 108 .183 .346 .235 29.6 25.0 17.4 .230 .388 .274 34.6
2024 Sinker 1.2 4 341 36.2 90 .250 .381 .300 19.0 13.3 16.7 .292 .440 .341 52.8
2024 4-Seam Fastball 3.0 3 94 10.0 31 .100 .100 .110 23.5 29.0 14.5 .162 .197 .174 19.0
2024 Changeup -2.3 -2 79 8.4 22 .238 .714 .402 26.5 13.6 11.5 .329 .756 .462 61.1
2024 Cutter -10.4 0 2 0.2 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .185 .368 .233 50.0
2023 Slider 0.6 5 868 62.5 239 .216 .369 .284 32.8 32.2 24.4 .215 .365 .271 31.1
2023 Sinker -2.5 -9 368 26.5 93 .418 .696 .502 14.0 16.1 16.0 .298 .450 .370 44.6
2023 Changeup -1.1 -1 138 9.9 33 .273 .424 .300 26.7 12.1 14.3 .283 .488 .326 37.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.1 0 15 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001 .001 .000 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 70 86.7 76 12.2 1:30 2:45 -75
2024 4-Seam Fastball 93 92.5 77 14.1 1:15 12:45 30
2024 Sinker 331 91.9 71 15.9 1:15 2:15 -60
2024 Slider 422 83.1 49 14.3 8:00 9:00 -60
2023 Changeup 122 87.2 81 12.9 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 12 93.7 74 14.6 1:15 1:15 0
2023 Sinker 280 93.6 73 15.6 1:15 2:15 -60
2023 Slider 797 84.2 48 14.2 8:00 8:45 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 417 1,520 11 2 -9 -6 -2
2018 757 2,838 -1 15 -10 -9 -6
2019 770 2,924 4 16 -15 -14 -9
2020 113 394 -7 7 -1 -2 -4
2021 168 627 4 1 -5 -2 -1
2022 478 1,802 6 2 -6 -4 -1
2023 366 1,389 1 -1 0 -5 -5
2024 253 943 2 14 -5 -2 9
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2017 1,525 54.5 63.2 85.1 23.7 52.4 42.1 62.0 45.4 22.0 8.4 76.6
2018 2,838 50.3 64.3 87.1 29.4 54.2 40.6 62.8 46.9 22.4 8.3 73.7
2019 2,926 47.1 65.2 87.3 27.6 56.2 41.9 61.6 45.3 22.6 7.9 77.4
2020 394 53.8 67.5 86.0 26.9 57.1 49.0 59.6 48.7 20.3 10.2 70.0
2021 627 49.9 62.9 80.2 27.4 59.3 41.3 56.5 45.1 25.4 9.3 69.0
2022 1,802 53.2 60.8 85.7 28.6 58.9 42.1 67.2 45.7 21.5 9.2 67.5
2023 1,389 49.5 61.8 85.4 31.8 47.5 41.1 68.1 46.7 27.3 7.2 71.0
2024 943 57.2 62.7 79.6 28.0 59.3 41.3 72.3 47.8 24.6 9.3 70.5
Player 12,444 51.0 63.4 85.5 28.2 55.0 41.7 63.9 46.2 23.1 8.4 72.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2017 16 18 10 10 34 34 38 5 11 30 87 32 12 24 5 16 38
2018 32 37 23 17 53 1 15 37 46 47 88 35 67 23 7 35 31
2019 17 17 13 14 28 2 22 13 13 37 60 26 32 24 8 35 31
2020 16 10 11 15 32 38 36 38 58 12 88 12 42 19 17 24
2021 14 53 12
2022 35 17 27 38 48 30 46 39 48 33 88 18 41 19 40 17
2023 69 54 55 56 78 44 43 61 75 73 87 60 81 44 36 27
2024 56 32 29 30 82 50 35 19 18 27 99 42 44 19 31 24
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.1 15 15.6 -1 10 13 7 46.7
2018 22.8 32 32.1 0 11 28 9 28.1
2019 23.0 31 35.5 -5 9 29 15 48.4
2020 24.0 7 7.3 0 0 5 3 42.9
2021 23.6 7 9.0 -2 3 7 4 57.1
2022 23.1 13 12.8 0 7 15 2 15.4
2023 24.5 12 9.2 3 5 8 2 16.7
2024 24.8 8 7.5 1 2 4 5 62.5
Player 23.2 125 129.1 -4 47 109 47 37.6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 15 16 17 17 15 15 17 14 11 14 16 22 16 13 15 17 13 13 18 14 14 18 22 17 14 13 14 20 17 16 11
2018 32 41 22 29 34 31 36 34 24 28 32 32 35 31 32 34 30 32 31 38 34 34 39 35 30 28 26 35 39 33 24
2019 31 41 32 36 37 35 42 37 26 25 30 35 42 37 35 37 34 28 35 36 38 37 44 43 37 35 30 41 45 31 25
2020 7 8 5 8 8 7 8 8 6 6 8 7 7 6 8 8 7 7 7 8 6 8 8 7 7 6 8 8 8 8 7
2021 7 12 8 7 9 9 9 11 6 6 6 8 10 6 9 12 10 9 11 8 11 7 12 13 9 7 8 10 10 9 9
2022 13 12 7 13 12 13 16 12 8 9 8 12 16 12 14 18 13 14 14 13 15 12 18 20 8 10 15 13 16 10 10
2023 12 5 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 11 9 10 11 12 11 8 9 9 10 10 9 7
2024 8 9 8 9 8 8 8 7 8 6 5 9 8 7 7 7 5 5 8 9 8 8 10 9 7 6 8 8 8 7 6
Player 125 144 107 128 132 127 145 132 98 103 114 135 143 121 129 143 122 117 135 135 136 135 165 155 120 114 118 145 153 123 99
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.2 91.0 -0.2 ↓ 91.5 0.5 ↑ 91.0 -0.5 ↓ 90.1 -0.9 ↓ 91.7 1.6 ↑ 93.7 2.0 ↑ 92.0 -1.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 81.9 84.7 2.8 ↑ 84.6 -0.1 ↓ 84.3 -0.3 ↓ 84.8 0.5 ↑ 84.8 0.0 87.1 2.3 ↑ 86.6 -0.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 80.7 81.7 1.0 ↑ 81.4 -0.3 ↓ 80.1 -1.3 ↓ 82.8 2.7 ↑ 83.1 0.3 ↑ 84.2 1.1 ↑ 83.0 -1.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.5 88.7 -0.8 ↓ 90.1 1.4 ↑ 88.9 -1.2 ↓ 91.2 2.3 ↑ 88.9 -2.3 ↓ 88.5 -0.4 ↓ 90.0 1.5 ↑
Launch Angle 15.2 13.8 -1.4 ↓ 12.7 -1.1 ↓ 12.6 -0.1 ↓ 11.6 -1.0 ↓ 12.1 0.5 ↑ 13.1 1.0 ↑ 15.1 2.0 ↑
Barrel % 6.5 8.6 2.1 ↑ 8.6 0.0 8.0 -0.6 ↓ 12.2 4.2 ↑ 7.4 -4.8 ↓ 8.2 0.8 ↑ 8.4 0.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 38.2 35.6 -2.6 ↓ 41.2 5.6 ↑ 35.6 -5.6 ↓ 43.5 7.9 ↑ 38.2 -5.3 ↓ 35.4 -2.8 ↓ 42.4 7.0 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.0 34.5 -1.5 ↓ 35.4 0.9 ↑ 34.5 -0.9 ↓ 39.1 4.6 ↑ 35.3 -3.8 ↓ 32.9 -2.4 ↓ 35.1 2.2 ↑
xBA .272 .248 -0.024 ↓ .270 0.022 ↑ .287 0.017 ↑ .282 -0.005 ↓ .262 -0.020 ↓ .241 -0.021 ↓ .251 0.010 ↑
BA .264 .265 0.001 ↑ .276 0.011 ↑ .333 0.057 ↑ .279 -0.054 ↓ .269 -0.010 ↓ .269 0.000 .203 -0.066 ↓
xwOBA .347 .323 -0.024 ↓ .345 0.022 ↑ .357 0.012 ↑ .356 -0.001 ↓ .315 -0.041 ↓ .298 -0.017 ↓ .302 0.004 ↑
wOBA .325 .331 0.006 ↑ .340 0.009 ↑ .401 0.061 ↑ .336 -0.065 ↓ .328 -0.008 ↓ .328 0.000 .259 -0.069 ↓
xSLG .483 .432 -0.051 ↓ .480 0.048 ↑ .507 0.027 ↑ .507 0.000 .414 -0.093 ↓ .396 -0.018 ↓ .414 0.018 ↑
SLG .440 .455 0.015 ↑ .468 0.013 ↑ .581 0.113 ↑ .461 -0.120 ↓ .444 -0.017 ↓ .451 0.007 ↑ .361 -0.090 ↓
K% 19.0 21.6 2.6 ↑ 21.3 -0.3 ↓ 16.7 -4.6 ↓ 24.4 7.7 ↑ 20.5 -3.9 ↓ 26.2 5.7 ↑ 20.2 -6.0 ↓
BB% 5.9 5.7 -0.2 ↓ 7.5 1.8 ↑ 5.3 -2.2 ↓ 7.1 1.8 ↑ 5.2 -1.9 ↓ 5.7 0.5 ↑ 3.2 -2.5 ↓
Swing % 45.4 46.9 1.5 ↑ 45.3 -1.6 ↓ 48.7 3.4 ↑ 45.1 -3.6 ↓ 45.7 0.6 ↑ 46.7 1.0 ↑ 47.8 1.1 ↑
Whiff% 22.0 22.4 0.4 ↑ 22.6 0.2 ↑ 20.3 -2.3 ↓ 25.4 5.1 ↑ 21.5 -3.9 ↓ 27.3 5.8 ↑ 24.6 -2.7 ↓
In Zone % 54.5 50.3 -4.2 ↓ 47.1 -3.2 ↓ 53.8 6.7 ↑ 49.9 -3.9 ↓ 53.2 3.3 ↑ 49.5 -3.7 ↓ 57.2 7.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 45.5 49.7 4.2 ↑ 52.9 3.2 ↑ 46.2 -6.7 ↓ 50.1 3.9 ↑ 46.8 -3.3 ↓ 50.5 3.7 ↑ 42.8 -7.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 23.7 29.4 5.7 ↑ 27.6 -1.8 ↓ 26.9 -0.7 ↓ 27.4 0.5 ↑ 28.6 1.2 ↑ 31.8 3.2 ↑ 28.0 -3.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 29.7 29.4 -0.3 ↓ 27.1 -2.3 ↓ 29.8 2.7 ↑ 23.2 -6.6 ↓ 30.1 6.9 ↑ 30.5 0.4 ↑ 30.4 -0.1 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 62.0 62.8 0.8 ↑ 61.6 -1.2 ↓ 59.6 -2.0 ↓ 56.5 -3.1 ↓ 67.2 10.7 ↑ 68.1 0.9 ↑ 72.3 4.2 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 418 .321 205 6 2.9 213 24 11.3
2018 Shifts 757 .331 378 103 27.2 379 179 47.2
2019 Shifts 770 .340 360 42 11.7 410 114 27.8
2020 Shifts 113 .401 44 16 36.4 69 31 44.9
2021 Shifts 168 .336 74 22 29.7 94 62 66.0
2022 Shifts 478 .328 250 62 24.8 228 175 76.8
2023 Shades 352 .314 231 17 7.4 121 76 62.8
2024 Shades 253 .259 148 9 6.1 105 37 35.2
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2017 485 14.5 54.4% 1.4% 250 20.0 4.0% 6.0%
2018 863 14.8 52.1% 1.9% 454 20.0 5.5% 5.5%
2019 864 14.8 52.1% 1.2% 496 21.3 0.8% 7.5%
2020 114 15.9 38.6% 0.9% 60 21.6 1.7% 6.7%
2021 202 14.8 52.5% 0.0% 99 20.0 1.0% 6.1%
2022 584 14.6 55.3% 1.2% 284 19.0 5.6% 4.2%
2023 363 12.2 85.4% 0.0% 245 15.9 37.6% 0.4%
2024 303 12.3 85.1% 0.3% 122 15.7 40.2% 0.8%

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Pitch Distribution

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