15-Day IL
Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 4/18/2024
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
2.25
WHIP
1.00
K
4
SV
0
Rest-of-Season 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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Lands on IL
The Brewers placed Junis on the 15-day injured list Saturday, retroactive to Wednesday, with a right shoulder impingement.
ANALYSIS
Junis first reported a problem with his shoulder shortly after his start Tuesday against the Twins. The 31-year-old righty underwent imaging Friday, and although the results came back clean, the Brewers won't risk pushing it. The plan is for him to rest for a couple days before ramping back up, so an extended stay on the IL doesn't seem likely. Aaron Ashby was recalled from Triple-A Nashville in a corresponding move and will presumably take Junis' spot in Milwaukee's rotation.
Junis first reported a problem with his shoulder shortly after his start Tuesday against the Twins. The 31-year-old righty underwent imaging Friday, and although the results came back clean, the Brewers won't risk pushing it. The plan is for him to rest for a couple days before ramping back up, so an extended stay on the IL doesn't seem likely. Aaron Ashby was recalled from Triple-A Nashville in a corresponding move and will presumably take Junis' spot in Milwaukee's rotation.
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-11%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-20%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .287 | 75 | 22 | 96 | 11 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .254 | 123 | 25 | 117 | 14 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .200 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .250 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 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 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-7%
ERA on Road
2024
-100%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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| Since 2022Home | 4.29 | 1.31 | 98.2 | 9.6 | 2.1 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.01 | 1.27 | 103.1 | 8.1 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.25 | 1.00 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Jakob Junis compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 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 120 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 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
4.00K/9
9.0BB/9
2.3HR/9
0.0Fastball
92.6 mphERA
2.25WHIP
1.00BABIP
.292GB/FB
0.75Left On Base
75.0%Swinging Strike
19.2%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Good chance to stick in rotation
Manager Pat Murphy said Wednesday the Brewers will "probably" utilize a six-man starting rotation for most of April, reports Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, so Junis should retain his rotation spot.
ANALYSIS
Milwaukee had a scheduled day off Thursday but now is scheduled for 26 games in the next 27 days, so Murphy apparently plans to use a six-man unit to ease the workload on the starting pitchers. That's good news for Junis, who appeared to be in danger of getting bumped from the rotation with Wade Miley nearing his return from a shoulder injury. Junis was pulled after just four innings during his season debut Tuesday but pitched well with one run allowed while throwing only 47 pitches.
Milwaukee had a scheduled day off Thursday but now is scheduled for 26 games in the next 27 days, so Murphy apparently plans to use a six-man unit to ease the workload on the starting pitchers. That's good news for Junis, who appeared to be in danger of getting bumped from the rotation with Wade Miley nearing his return from a shoulder injury. Junis was pulled after just four innings during his season debut Tuesday but pitched well with one run allowed while throwing only 47 pitches.
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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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Next start in doubt
Junis has been dealing with a shoulder issue since his last start Tuesday, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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Fires four efficient innings
Junis struck out four and allowed one run on three hits and a walk over four innings Tuesday against the Twins. He did not factor in the decision.
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Confirmed for Tuesday's start
Junis (shoulder) is scheduled to start Tuesday against the Twins, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.
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Dealing with shoulder injury
Junis didn't pitch Friday in the Cactus League as planned due to a shoulder injury, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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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.
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