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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	9-16-1992
Height	6' 3"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	32 years, 6 months, 25 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 0.72017
: -0.42018
: 1.52019
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2017	KCA	20	16	98.3	9	3	101	25	80	15	103	9.2	2.3	1.4	7.3	42%	.294	1.28	4.53	4.30	105	4.88	103.8	0.7
2018	KCA	30	30	177.0	9	12	182	43	164	32	102	9.3	2.2	1.6	8.3	43%	.298	1.27	4.67	4.37	110	5.53	123.4	-0.4
2019	KCA	31	31	175.3	9	14	192	58	164	31	101	9.9	3.0	1.6	8.4	43%	.318	1.43	4.85	5.24	108	5.91	121.3	-0.3
Career		81	77	450.7	27	29	475	126	408	78	102	9.5	2.5	1.6	8.1	43%	.305	1.33	4.71	4.69	108	5.53	118.3	0.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2012	BNC	Rk	APP	7	6	34.7	2	2	39	5	22	2	104	10.1	1.3	0.5	5.7	0%	.322	1.27	4.03	4.15	100	5.09	105.9
2013	IDA	Rk	PIO	13	13	59.7	2	6	85	17	55	13	107	12.8	2.6	2.0	8.3	0%	.369	1.71	6.17	7.39	107	6.66	144.7
2014	LEX	A	SAL	26	22	136.0	9	8	136	38	109	16	106	9.0	2.5	1.1	7.2	0%	.300	1.28	4.56	4.30	101	4.57	96.7
2015	WIL	A+	CAR	26	26	155.7	5	11	145	29	123	11	95	8.4	1.7	0.6	7.1	0%	.294	1.12	3.26	3.64	95	3.78	82.9
2015	NWA	AA	TEX	1	1	4.0	0	1	7	1	3	0	89	15.8	2.3	0.0	6.8	0%	.438	2.00	3.29	9.00	94	6.34	139.1
2016	NWA	AA	TEX	21	21	119.0	9	7	110	27	117	12	95	8.3	2.0	0.9	8.8	43%	.302	1.15	3.34	3.25	92	3.96	87.5
2016	OMA	AAA	PCL	6	6	30.0	1	3	39	7	26	6	93	11.7	2.1	1.8	7.8	41%	.367	1.53	5.68	7.20	107	6.39	141.0
2017	KCA	MLB	AL	20	16	98.3	9	3	101	25	80	15	103	9.2	2.3	1.4	7.3	42%	.294	1.28	4.53	4.30	105	4.88	103.8
2017	OMA	AAA	PCL	12	12	71.0	3	5	61	15	86	6	99	7.7	1.9	0.8	10.9	37%	.307	1.07	3.11	2.92	70	1.95	41.6
2018	KCA	MLB	AL	30	30	177.0	9	12	182	43	164	32	102	9.3	2.2	1.6	8.3	43%	.298	1.27	4.67	4.37	110	5.53	123.4
2019	KCA	MLB	AL	31	31	175.3	9	14	192	58	164	31	101	9.9	3.0	1.6	8.4	43%	.318	1.43	4.85	5.24	108	5.91	121.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2017	1524	0.5420	0.4469	0.7783	0.5896	0.2779	0.8686	0.5515	0.2217
2018	2837	0.4974	0.4632	0.7770	0.6088	0.3191	0.8882	0.5670	0.2230
2019	2922	0.4795	0.4521	0.7729	0.6117	0.3051	0.8705	0.5927	0.2271
Career	7283	0.4996	0.4553	0.7756	0.6059	0.3049	0.8770	0.5741	0.2244

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
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Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2017	KCA	$
2018	KCA	$554,250
2019	KCA	$578,250
2020	KCA	$608,000
2021	KCA	$1,700,000
2022	SFN	$1,750,000
2023	SFN	$2,800,000
2024	MIL	$4,000,000
2025	MIL	$3,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$11,990,500
2019	Current	$3,000,000
8 yr	Pvs + Cur	$14,990,500
8 yr	Total	$14,990,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 2 d	Wasserman	1 year/$7M (2024), 2025 option

Details

1 year/$7M (2024), plus 2025 mutual option. Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 2/5/24. 24:$4M, 25:$8M mutual option ($3M buyout).
1 year/$2.8M (2023). Re-signed by San Francisco 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.75M (2022). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 3/14/22.
1 year/$1.7M (2021). Re-signed by Kansas City 12/1/20 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A, elected free agency 11/5/21.
1 year/$608,000 (2020). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/20.
1 year/$578,250 (2019). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/18/19.
1 year/$554,250 (2018). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/18.
1 year (2017). Contract selected by Kansas City 11/18/16. Re-signed by Kansas City 2/17.
Drafted by Kansas City 2011 (29-876) (Rock Falls HS, Ill.). $675,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	32.4	29	29	167.4	146	43	150	19	.274	1.13	3.20	3.46	-3.9	-0.4
80^o	30.4	28	28	161.4	149	44	145	19	.285	1.19	3.51	3.8	-9.6	-1.0
70^o	28.9	27	27	157.2	151	44	141	19	.292	1.24	3.74	4.05	-13.5	-1.5
60^o	27.7	27	27	153.6	152	44	138	19	.299	1.28	3.93	4.27	-16.8	-1.8
50^o	26.5	26	26	150.2	153	45	135	20	.305	1.32	4.12	4.47	-19.6	-2.1
40^o	25.4	26	26	146.9	154	45	132	20	.311	1.36	4.31	4.67	-22.3	-2.4
30^o	24.3	25	25	143.5	155	45	129	20	.318	1.40	4.51	4.89	-25.1	-2.7
20^o	22.9	24	24	139.4	156	46	125	20	.326	1.45	4.75	5.15	-28.2	-3.1
10^o	21.1	23	23	134.0	158	46	120	20	.336	1.52	5.08	5.52	-32.4	-3.5
Weighted Mean	26.6	26	26	150.3	152	45	135	19	.304	1.31	4.10	4.45	-19.3	-2.1

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2019-03-15 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Who do you have in a 24 team 20 keeper dynasty league Jake Junis or Ronald Guzman? in a 10x10 category including fielding percent. Have too pick one.Cheers Mark (boatman44 from Liverpool)	I think I'm the low guy, so I'd take Guzman by default, but I do like Guzman a little this year as a guy who should significantly improve last season's numbers. Good luck down the stretch with the title chase! (Mark Barry)
2017-11-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Are Kyle Freeland, Jake Junis, Antonio Senzatela mid-rotation guys, back-end guys or fellers that will end up in relief? Any of the 3 stand out for any reason? (Cole Whittier from Pasadena, CA)	Senzatela probably has the most growth possibility just because of his unusual development track. I liked him the best as a prospect too. Freeland I have no idea how he pitched as well as he did given the underlying peripherals, but I always liked him as a backend starter. Junis, I don't know what the major league out pitch is there long term, but he's got enough in the arsenal to be a back-end guy. I guess Senzatela is my favorite of the group, but he is also the most likely to be a late-inning reliever. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2016-08-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you see Jake Junis becoming a successful MLB starter? (Festivus313 from Nick)	I think he certainly can be. He's one of the more pleasant surprises of the Kansas City system this year. He pounds the zone with all of his pitches, and two of those pitches (fastball and curve) flash plus. There's not a ton of upside, but he has as high of floor as any pitcher in the system. (Christopher Crawford)
2015-05-27 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Tell me more about some Wilmington guys: Cody Reed, Jake Junis, and Skoglund. Meanwhile, Dom Taylor doesn't seem to have tools, but he's had results. 4th OF profile? (Doug from Dallas)	I've seen Reed and want to see him again. Power LHP with some backend potential but think he will end up in the bullpen due to delivery, command and secondary potential. Junis is an org. arm, who mixes it up and around a bit. Skoglund is a huge lefty with below avg. stuff and I think I would be more excited about him if he was 19 year old HS arm in his 2nd year in pro. ball. Skinny hips and shoulders and I just don't think he'll really add strength. (CJ Wittmann)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Jakob Junis has thrown 13,018 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2025, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2025, he has relied primarily on his Slider (82mph) and Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (90mph).