Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jake Junis has his eyes set on being the best in the league, and he's getting closer to accomplishing the dream. Junis gave up three more homers to the Astros on Friday, moving him into a tie for second place in the majors in most home runs given up by a pitcher this season. The last of the three was a grand slam to Evan Gattis that put the game out of reach as Junis took his seventh loss of the season. Junis has surrendered three homers in each of his last [...]

The Kansas City Royals dropped their sixth game in a row on Friday, and a large part of that was thanks to starting pitcher Jake Junis giving up three home runs in just 5 1/3 innings. That brings Junis' 2018 total to 15 home runs allowed, vaulting him back into a tie for seventh most in the league. Junis has some great traits like his 8.55 K/9 and 2.14 BB/9, but his 4.05 ERA is also being buoyed by a fortunate 81 percent strand rate that's inflated by some very early-season success. For now, Jun[...]

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jake Junis allowed three or less earned runs for the third straight start, but he was saddled with a loss after his squad failed to put up much run support for the cause. Junis struck out seven in the effort, raising his season strikeout rate to 8.29 per nine innings. While Junis' success this season is still mostly related to a high strand rate of 84 percent, his peripherals are strong enough that he should still be a mediocre fantasy pitcher moving forward.

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jake Junis recovered a bit from the rough outing he had last week against Cleveland by holding the powerful Yankees hitters to just two earned runs over 5 1/3 innings on Friday. Junis allowed seven hits while striking out three, and both runs came after he left in the sixth inning as reliever Tim Hill promptly allowed both inherited runners to score. Junis is still riding a ridiculous strand rate of 86.4% that will come down as the season wears on, so owners s[...]

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jake Junis was back at it again on Sunday as he steamrolled the Detroit lineup. Junis struck out eight over seven innings, and he allowed two earned runs on eight hits. Junis has now posted a quality start in five of his seven starts this year, but he continues to live on the knife's edge. Junis' success is almost entirely riding on the fact that he has stranded an incredible 94.1 percent of runners that have reached base against him. That's the third highest [...]

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jake Junis has been a popular target for fantasy owners the last couple weeks due to a few great outings, but the regression fairy came calling on Thursday. Junis was saddled with a loss by the [...]

As expected, the Kansas City Royals called up rookie Jake Junis from Triple-A Omaha to start against Oakland on Monday night. Junis is starting in place of the injured Trevor Cahill (shoulder), and he's coming off a stellar turn against the Mariners on August 6 in which he went eight innings while o[...]

The Kansas City Royals suddenly have an opening for a starting pitcher, so rookie Jake Junis is expected to get the call. The Royals placed starting pitcher Trevor Cahill on the disabled list after his start on [...]

The Kansas City Royals were in desperate need of starting pitching for their double-header on Sunday, and rookie righty Jake Junis bailed them out big time. Junis went eight innings while allowing just four hits and one earned run, and he earned his first win as a starter since June 11. Junis struck[...]

The Kansas City Royals recalled starting pitcher Jake Junis from Triple-A to make a spot start against the Astros on Tuesday, and it did not go well. [...]