Royals Review · May 16, 2018
Does Jake Junis have another level that we haven’t seen yet?
Jake Junis’ slider is absolutely filthy. I mean just look at this thing:
I’m assuming that just about every hardcore Royals fan knows about Junis’ slider to this point, and now, even hardcore national baseball people are paying attention. Junis has had a very good start to his sophomore season. He's pitching to the tune of a 3.53 ERA, 7.94 K/9, and merely 1.94 BB/9 in 51 IP in 2018. These numbers are good. Not great (save for that BB/9), but they’re good. They’re absolutely serviceable for a guy that most publications didn’t even see coming in their Royals prospects lists. Yet, I believe that Jake Junis holds the key to be even better, and he doesn’t even have to go looking for it.