Jakob Junis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: September 16, 1992 in Jacksonville, AR us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 29th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rock Falls HS (Rock Falls, IL).

High School: Rock Falls HS (Rock Falls, IL)

Debut: April 12, 2017 (Age 24-208d, 18,946th in MLB history)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 1 yr/$1.7M (21)

Service Time (01/2021): 3.082 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Jakob Benjamin Lee Junis

Pronunciation: \JOO-nis\

Twitter: @jbljunis

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SUMMARY

2020

Career

WAR

-0.2

4.0

W

L

ERA

6.39

4.78

G

GS

SV

IP

25.1

476.0

SO

427

WHIP

1.618

1.349

2/22 The Royals have signed Brad Brach to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training, the team announced. Brach began the winter by exercising a $2.075MM player option to stay with the Mets,
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Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2012	19	KCR-min	Rk	2	2	.500	4.15	7	6	1	0	34.2	39	20	16	2	5	0	22	5	1	6	149			1.269	10.1	0.5	1.3	5.7	4.40	BRL APPY
2013	20	KCR-min	Rk	2	6	.250	7.39	13	13	0	0	59.2	85	59	49	13	17	0	55	5	1	3	285			1.709	12.8	2.0	2.6	8.3	3.24	IDF PION
2014	21	KCR-min	A	9	8	.529	4.30	26	22	0	0	136.0	136	74	65	16	38	0	109	10	1	6	573			1.279	9.0	1.1	2.5	7.2	2.87	LEX SALL
2015	22	KCR-min	A+,AA	5	12	.294	3.78	27	27	0	0	159.2	152	76	67	11	30	0	126	7	1	8	646			1.140	8.6	0.6	1.7	7.1	4.20	WMT,NTA CARL,TL
2016	23	KCR-min	AA,AAA	10	10	.500	4.05	27	27	0	0	149.0	149	72	67	18	34	0	143	10	1	10	619			1.228	9.0	1.1	2.1	8.6	4.21	NTA,OMA TL,PCL
2017	24	KCR-min	AAA	3	5	.375	2.92	12	12	0	0	71.0	61	24	23	6	15	0	86	2	0	1	288			1.070	7.7	0.8	1.9	10.9	5.73	OMA PCL
2017	24	KCR	AL	9	3	.750	4.30	20	16	1	0	98.1	101	52	47	15	25	1	80	9	1	3	422	104	4.55	1.281	9.2	1.4	2.3	7.3	3.20
2018	25	KCR	AL	9	12	.429	4.37	30	30	0	1	177.0	182	94	86	32	43	1	164	15	0	9	758	99	4.64	1.271	9.3	1.6	2.2	8.3	3.81
2019	26	KCR	AL	9	14	.391	5.24	31	31	0	0	175.1	192	108	102	31	58	1	164	11	0	4	771	91	4.82	1.426	9.9	1.6	3.0	8.4	2.83
2020	27	KCR	AL	0	2	.000	6.39	8	6	0	0	25.1	35	18	18	7	6	1	19	2	1	2	114	72	6.23	1.618	12.4	2.5	2.1	6.8	3.17
4 Yrs				27	31	.466	4.78	89	83	1	1	476.0	510	272	253	85	132	4	427	37	2	18	2065	95	4.77	1.349	9.6	1.6	2.5	8.1	3.23
162 Game Avg.				11	12	.466	4.78	35	33	0	0	188	202	108	100	34	52	2	169	15	1	7	816	95	4.77	1.349	9.6	1.6	2.5	8.1	3.23

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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