Janson Junk
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 202LBS | Age: 27

Draft: 2017 | Rd: 22, #662, New York Yankees | Seattle

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 1 6.48 3 2 0 8.1 11 1.56
2 Seasons 1 2 4.74 7 6 0 24.2 21 1.42
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 3 1-1 6.48 8.1 11 1.56
2 Seasons 7 1-2 4.74 24.2 21 1.42

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 .296 .571 .357 .375 .429 33.9 14.1 2.8 3.86 6.27
2022 26 159 23 1 4.3 2.7 88.5 106.1 -0.1 34.8 .220 .348 .347 .281 .363 34.8 29.7 8.1 6.48 3.24
Player 406 82 8 9.8 7.4 88.4 116.1 10.0 39.0 .271 .497 .353 .343 .410 34.1 19.4 4.6
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Junk relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(45.3%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(43.4%) ,
Curveball
(8.2%) ,
Changeup
(3.1%) ,


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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
Player 46.3 29.3 19.5 4.9 41.5 41.5 17.1 4.9 34.1 22.0 24.4 4.9 9.8 7.4
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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
2022 4-Seamer LAA R 69 92.5 14.3 1.1 7 1.6 -5.2 -77
2022 Changeup LAA R 5 88.0 26.7 -3.0 -10 14.2 -0.1 -1
2022 Slider LAA R 72 82.7 33.1 -5.9 -15 10.8 3.5 47
2022 Curveball LAA R 13 79.2 58.6 5.1 9 7.4 -1.6 -18
2021 4-Seamer LAA R 128 92.5 15.7 -0.1 -1 1.2 -6.1 -83
2021 Curveball LAA R 54 79.3 57.9 4.2 8 9.1 0.4 5
2021 Changeup LAA R 8 87.9 26.8 -2.6 -9 12.9 -1.6 -11
2021 Slider LAA R 57 80.5 41.9 0.0 0 15.6 7.7 99
! 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 %
2022 Slider 3.1 2 72 45.3 14 .231 .385 .293 21.9 35.7 22.7 .156 .232 .205 37.5
2022 4-Seamer -3.1 -2 69 43.4 17 .200 .200 .241 15.2 29.4 22.7 .197 .236 .250 30.0
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 Changeup 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-Seamer 1.7 2 128 51.8 32 .310 .724 .477 17.2 12.5 13.8 .368 .800 .502 38.5
2021 Slider -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 .324 .515 .361 50.0
2021 Changeup 0.5 0 8 3.2 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 50.0 50.0 .166 .185 .150 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
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 Slider 57 80.5 57 16.6 8:00 8:45 -45
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 70 82.7 38 13.1 9:15 10:00 -45
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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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
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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
Player 406 51.7 66.2 89.9 28.6 64.3 43.8 63.9 48.0 17.4 8.1 97.0
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.2 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 37 76 41 27
2022 35 83 48
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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
Player 22.7 6 5.4 1 2 3 3 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 5 6 3 7 4 5
2022 1 1 1 1 1 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
Player 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 5 5 5 6 4 5 6 5 6 7 4 8 5 6
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.5 92.5 0
Offspeed Velocity 87.9 88 0.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 79.9 82.2 2.3 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.3 88.5 0.2 ↑
Launch Angle 13.9 -.1 -14 ↓
Barrel % 11.9 4.3 -7.6 ↓
Hard Hit % 33.9 34.8 0.9 ↑
Sweet Spot % 40.7 34.8 -5.9 ↓
xBA .296 .22 -0.076 ↓
BA .294 .294 0
xwOBA .375 .281 -0.094 ↓
wOBA .357 .347 -0.01 ↓
xSLG .571 .348 -0.223 ↓
SLG .529 .441 -0.088 ↓
K% 14.1 29.7 15.6 ↑
BB% 2.8 8.1 5.3 ↑
Swing % 49.4 45.9 -3.5 ↓
Whiff% 17.2 17.8 0.6 ↑
In Zone % 51.4 52.2 0.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 48.6 47.8 -0.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30 26.3 -3.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 36.6 29.7 -6.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 64.8 62.2 -2.6 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2021 53 .322 26 0 0.0 27 15 55.6
2022 37 .347 20 1 5.0 17 10 58.8

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 99 20.1 1.0% 3.0% 20 22.9 0.0% 15.0%
2022 47 17.0 8.5% 2.1% 27 22.8 0.0% 3.7%
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Pitch Distribution