Janson Junk
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 197LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 22, #662, New York Yankees | Seattle
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 1 3.86 4 4 0 16.1 10 1.35
2022 1 1 6.48 3 2 0 8.1 11 1.56
2023 0 1 4.91 2 1 0 7.1 5 1.36
3 Seasons 1 3 4.78 9 7 0 32 26 1.41
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 4 0-1 3.86 16.1 10 1.35
2022 3 1-1 6.48 8.1 11 1.56
2023 2 0-1 4.91 7.1 5 1.36
3 Seasons 9 1-3 4.78 32 26 1.41
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2021 25 247 59 7 11.9 9.9 88.3 116.1 13.9 40.7 .295 .570 .357 .374 .428 33.9 14.1 2.8 3.86 6.23
2022 26 159 23 1 4.3 2.7 88.5 106.1 -0.1 34.8 .221 .349 .347 .282 .363 34.8 29.7 8.1 6.48 3.27
2023 27 110 25 2 8.0 6.1 87.0 110.1 8.9 28.0 .268 .373 .333 .302 .331 36.0 15.2 6.1 4.91 3.82
Player 516 107 10 9.3 7.1 88.0 116.1 9.7 36.4 .270 .468 .349 .333 .391 34.6 18.4 5.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Junk relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(50.0%) ,
Sweeper
(20.0%) ,
Curveball
(12.7%) ,
Changeup
(11.8%) ,
Sinker
(5.5%) ,


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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
2021 39.0 33.9 20.3 6.8 44.1 35.6 20.3 6.8 30.5 25.4 20.3 5.1 11.9 9.9
2022 65.2 17.4 17.4 0.0 34.8 56.5 8.7 0.0 43.5 13.0 34.8 4.3 4.3 2.7
2023 60.0 12.0 16.0 12.0 56.0 28.0 16.0 8.0 44.0 12.0 24.0 4.0 8.0 6.1
Player 49.5 25.2 18.7 6.5 44.9 38.3 16.8 5.6 36.4 19.6 24.3 4.7 9.3 7.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 Changeup MIL R 13 84.6 33.4 0.6 2 8.3 -5.9 -42
2023 Sweeper MIL R 22 79.9 39.2 -2.7 -6 12.2 -3.0 -20
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 55 92.6 13.8 2.2 14 4.2 -2.7 -39
2023 Curveball MIL R 14 82.2 53.2 4.5 9 5.6 -3.4 -37
2023 Sinker MIL R 6 92.1 21.6 -1.9 -8 15.2 0.2 1
2022 Sinker LAA R 5 88.0 26.7 0.9 3 14.2 -0.5 -3
2022 Slider LAA R 60 83.1 31.9 -6.8 -18 9.9 3.4 52
2022 Sweeper LAA R 12 81.0 39.0 -2.4 -6 14.9 -0.2 -1
2022 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 69 92.5 14.3 1.1 7 1.6 -5.2 -77
2022 Curveball LAA R 13 79.2 58.6 5.0 9 7.4 -1.6 -18
2021 Sweeper LAA R 57 80.5 41.9 -0.6 -2 15.6 0.3 2
2021 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 128 92.5 15.7 -0.1 -1 1.2 -6.1 -83
2021 Sinker LAA R 7 88.5 26.7 0.5 2 14.1 -0.5 -3
2021 Curveball LAA R 54 79.3 57.9 4.1 8 9.1 0.5 5
2021 Changeup LAA R 1 83.7 27.4 -3.1 -10 4.2 -9.6 -69
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 55 50.0 14 .231 .385 .357 14.3 21.4 17.6 .231 .271 .253 30.0
2023 Sweeper -6.0 -1 22 20.0 6 .200 .800 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .171 .387 .311 20.0
2023 Curveball -1.3 0 14 12.7 6 .333 .333 .300 10.0 33.3 28.6 .317 .357 .294 50.0
2023 Changeup -4.2 -1 13 11.8 4 .333 .667 .488 0.0 0.0 0.0 .259 .571 .434 66.7
2023 Sinker 8.7 1 6 5.5 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 -- .503 .630 .488 33.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball 3.1 2 69 43.4 17 .200 .200 .241 15.2 29.4 22.7 .198 .237 .250 30.0
2022 Slider -4.8 -3 60 37.7 12 .273 .455 .342 24.0 33.3 25.0 .179 .269 .235 42.9
2022 Curveball -12.3 -2 13 8.2 5 .600 1.200 .760 14.3 20.0 33.3 .330 .857 .499 50.0
2022 Sweeper 5.3 1 12 7.5 2 .000 .000 .000 14.3 50.0 16.7 .029 .030 .029 0.0
2022 Sinker -10.2 -1 5 3.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .860 .995 .826 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -2 128 51.8 32 .310 .724 .477 17.2 12.5 13.8 .368 .800 .502 38.5
2021 Sweeper 4.9 3 57 23.1 20 .150 .150 .135 17.1 20.0 23.5 .182 .325 .213 12.5
2021 Curveball -8.3 -4 54 21.9 17 .412 .647 .456 15.4 5.9 8.3 .321 .511 .358 50.0
2021 Sinker -0.3 0 7 2.8 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 50.0 50.0 .166 .185 .150 0.0
2021 Changeup -2.1 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 12 84.6 84 9.5 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 Curveball 14 82.2 79 16.3 7:15 6:45 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 55 92.6 91 18.2 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Sweeper 22 79.9 44 13.3 8:45 9:15 -30
2022 Curveball 13 79.2 86 19.2 7:00 6:45 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 65 92.5 85 17.2 12:30 12:15 15
2022 Slider 58 83.0 35 12.5 9:30 10:15 -45
2022 Sweeper 12 81.0 55 15.9 8:00 9:15 -75
2021 Curveball 54 79.3 85 19.4 7:00 7:00 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 128 92.5 77 15.6 12:30 12:15 15
2021 Sweeper 57 80.5 57 16.6 8:00 8:45 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 71 247 -5 4 -3 0 -4
2022 37 159 0 1 -2 0 -2
2023 33 110 -2 1 0 0 -2
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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 %
2021 247 51.4 67.7 91.9 30.0 61.1 44.1 64.8 49.4 17.2 6.9 100.0
2022 159 52.2 63.9 86.8 26.3 70.0 43.4 62.2 45.9 17.8 10.1 93.8
2023 110 51.8 77.2 90.9 28.3 86.7 48.2 66.7 53.6 8.5 10.9 91.7
Player 516 51.7 68.5 90.2 28.5 69.0 44.8 64.5 49.2 15.4 8.7 95.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2021 27 73 41 25
2022 24 77 47
2023 26 58 55
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 22.9 5 4.4 1 2 2 3 60.0
2022 21.4 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
2023 25.0 1 0.4 1 1 1 0 0.0
Player 23.0 7 5.8 1 3 4 3 42.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 4 4 5 3 3 5 5 4 6 5 6 4 3 5 5 4 4 4
2022 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2023 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Player 7 6 6 5 7 6 7 6 5 4 5 7 6 5 6 6 4 4 6 7 5 8 7 7 5 4 7 7 5 6 5
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.3 92.2 -0.1 92.5 0.3
Offspeed Velocity 83.7 0.0 0.0 84.6 0.0
Breaking Velocity 79.9 82.2 2.3 80.8 -1.4
Exit Velocity 88.3 88.5 0.2 87.0 -1.5
Launch Angle 13.9 -0.1 -14.0 8.9 9.0
Barrel % 11.9 4.3 -7.6 8.0 3.7
Hard Hit % 33.9 34.8 0.9 36.0 1.2
Sweet Spot % 40.7 34.8 -5.9 28.0 -6.8
xBA .295 .221 -0.074 .268 0.047
BA .294 .294 0.000 .267 -0.027
xwOBA .374 .282 -0.092 .302 0.020
wOBA .357 .347 -0.010 .333 -0.014
xSLG .570 .349 -0.221 .373 0.024
SLG .529 .441 -0.088 .467 0.026
K% 14.1 29.7 15.6 15.2 -14.5
BB% 2.8 8.1 5.3 6.1 -2.0
Swing % 49.4 45.9 -3.5 53.6 7.7
Whiff% 17.2 17.8 0.6 8.5 -9.3
In Zone % 51.4 52.2 0.8 51.8 -0.4
Out of Zone % 48.6 47.8 -0.8 48.2 0.4
Out of Zone Swing % 30.0 26.3 -3.7 28.3 2.0
First Pitch Swing % 36.6 29.7 -6.9 39.4 9.7
First Pitch Strike % 64.8 62.2 -2.6 66.7 4.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 71 .357 34 0 0.0 37 26 70.3
2022 Shifts 37 .347 20 1 5.0 17 10 58.8
2023 Shades 33 .333 10 1 10.0 23 0 0.0
! 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 %
2021 99 20.1 1.0% 3.0% 18 22.5 0.0% 5.6%
2022 47 17.0 8.5% 2.1% 27 22.8 0.0% 3.7%
2023 22 15.6 45.5% 0.0% 18 19.0 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution


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