Jakob JunisTEX · RP

2026 review

Jakob Junis was a durable but hittable reliever who lost his late-inning role: a 3.64 ERA and 1.27 WHIP in 54.1 IP for TEX across 53 games, with a 16.2 K% and a 7.7 BB% over 234 BF, picking up 6 SV and 18 HLD. His 7.3 SwStr% over 845 pitches was the 25th lowest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF. He went on the 15-day IL Jul 4 with a left hip impingement, was activated Jul 18, then went back on the 15-day IL Jul 30 with a left adductor strain and was activated Aug 15, missing 34 regular-season days in 2 stints. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 834 and taken in just 17 of 674 drafts, he finished 569th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank and 222nd of 575 relievers. His 3.64 ERA ran 0.78 below his 4.42 xERA over 234 BF, and he pitched to a 2.80 ERA in 35.1 IP before his longest IL stint against a 5.21 ERA in 19.0 IP after activation. His best month was May at a 1.74 ERA in 10.1 IP against a 5.06 ERA in 10.2 IP in Jun. The TDK LABS card had him losing the closer job to a teammate by early May, and by late Sep it had him sliding toward middle-inning work.