Jakob Junis

Bats R Throws R6'3" 220 lbBorn 1992 Jacksonville, USADebut 2017Team CLEDraft 2011 R29 #876 Kansas City Royals, Rock Falls (IL) HSContract 1 y/$4M (26)+27 m opt 2026: $2,750,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	237	20.5	5.9	3.04	20.8	6.49	104.4
2027							102.5
2028							101.4

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 89 PITCH+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Zach Duke	2015	94.6	112.6	258
2	Kendall Graveman	2023	98.6	did not play
3	Oliver Perez	2014	94.7	104.1	183
4	Erasmo Ramirez	2022	99.7	83.1	274
5	Juan Nicasio	2019	95.1	-9.5	11
6	Wade LeBlanc	2017	93.9	102.0	662
7	Collin McHugh	2019	101.5	did not play
8	Chris Stratton	2023	98.0	96.9	257
9	Yusmeiro Petit	2017	101.6	111.5	368
10	Shelby Miller	2023	100.1	109.9	225

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CLE	57	0	0
2024	CIN	24	0	0
2023	SF	40	0	0
2022	SF	23	0	0
2021	KC	16	2	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.9
2020	KC	8	0	0
2019	KC	31	2	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-114.6
2018	KC	30	2	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-119.5
2017	KC	20	3	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-119.5
Career		249	9	5	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.1

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									237				102.5
2026*									173				118.6	100.8	119.4
2025	CLE	4	1	2.97	57	0	0	66.7	274	5	18	55	102.8	99.1	101.9
2024	CIN	4	0	2.69	24	6	1	67.0	253	8	8	51	118.1	99.7	117.8
2023	SF	4	3	3.87	40	4	1	86.0	367	12	21	96	96.3	97.9	94.2
2022	SF	5	7	4.42	23	17	0	112.0	478	13	25	98	95.3	101.4	96.7
2021	KC	2	4	5.26	16	6	0	39.3	168	7	12	41	94.3	101.0	95.3
2020	KC	0	2	6.39	8	6	0	25.3	114	7	6	19	75.8	104.0	79.8
2019	KC	9	14	5.24	31	31	0	175.3	771	31	58	164	94.1	100.2	94.4
2018	KC	9	12	4.37	30	30	0	177.0	758	32	43	164	96.1	98.8	94.8
2017	KC	9	3	4.30	20	16	0	98.3	422	15	25	80	98.9	100.0	98.9
Career		46	46	4.36	249	116	2	847.0	3605	130	216	768	97.2		97.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	2			0.0	0.0	20.0	100.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2019	2	77.5	-16.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.127	0.141	0.119
2018	2				0.0	33.3	50.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2017	3					66.7	16.7	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	P	57	67	1	4	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2024	CIN	P	24	67	2	4	0	2	1.000	-0.1
2023	SF	P	40	86	9	3	1	0	0.923	-0.9
2022	SF	P	23	112	7	12	1	0	0.950	+0.8
2021	KC	P	16	39	2	4	0	1	1.000	+0.2
2020	KC	P	8	25	1	3	0	2	1.000	+0.6
2019	KC	P	31	175	7	13	1	1	0.952	+0.2
2018	KC	P	30	177	9	14	1	1	0.958	-1.1
2017	KC	P	20	98	5	5	1	0	0.909	+0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2022	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	55	11.1 IP, 16% K	8.92
2021	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	83	17.2 IP, 22% K	5.76
2021	Rk	ACL Royals Gold	Pit	20	4.1 IP, 25% K	6.59
2021	Rk	nan	Pit	24	5.1 IP, 33% K	5.29
2017	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	288	71.0 IP, 30% K	2.92
2016	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	133	30.0 IP, 20% K	7.20
2016	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	486	119.0 IP, 24% K	3.25
2015	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	21	4.0 IP, 14% K	9.00
2015	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Pit	625	155.2 IP, 20% K	3.65
2014	A	Lexington Legends	Pit	573	136.0 IP, 19% K	4.30
2013	Rk	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pit	285	59.2 IP, 19% K	7.45
2012	Rk	Burlington Royals	Pit	149	34.2 IP, 15% K	4.21

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP
2021	0.000
2019	0.000
2018		0.000
2017		0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	1	0	0.83
Career	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	1	0	0.83