Jakob Junis was a very nice surprise for the Kansas City Royals’ rotation in 2018. He was coming off a year in which he started sparingly in the first half of the 2017 season but was a regular down the stretch of the second half. Highlighted by a couple of masterful performances that saw him strike out 7 batters in at least 6.1 innings, the arrow was trending upwards for Junis heading into 2018.
As noted, he followed his rookie campaign with a very productive season in which he made 30 starts for the team and was excellent in the second half with a 3.