ST. PETERSBURG -- Royals reliever Jake Junis' tumultuous 24 hours on Tuesday started with a red-eye flight into Tampa, Fla., and ended with his first career Major League victory.
Junis, who is ranked as the club's No. 5 prospect by MLBPipeline.com, was optioned on Wednesday back to Triple-A Omaha, where he is 1-2 with a 3.52 ERA in four starts this season, after the Royals' 7-6 win in 12 innings the previous night.
"I found out [Monday] around 5 [p.m.] that I was going to be coming here, but I didn't know if I was going to get activated or not so I was just hanging out until I flew out at 1 a.