Jakob Junis is going to get better

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty ImagesJakob Junis isn’t off to the best start this season if you’re going to focus in on his ERA of 6.14, which puts him at 12th worst of all starting pitchers in baseball. His strand rate of 63.8% is 18th worst of all qualified starters, his hard-hit rate is 36.8% (43rd), and his WHIP of 1.55 places him 12th overall.

The most glaring problem I’m seeing with Junis are his fastballs. They are getting hit to the tune of .308 against his four-seam and .370 (as well as all home runs allowed) against the sinker.

Its hard to say what is going on with them this early, but one factor could be that Junis isn’t getting as much vertical break on either pitch. We are talking…