Players · J · Pitcher · 2026 regular season
Janson Junk
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 197 lb
- Number
- #26
- Born
- January 15, 1996 in Federal Way, WA, United States
- MLB debut
- September 5, 2021
- Drafted
- 2017, round 22
- College
- Seattle
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- dbWAR
- 3.6 Regular season, 6 season(s)
- IP
- 123.2
- ERA
- 4.22
- FIP
- 4.14
- K/9
- 6.5
- FIP−
- 99 100 = avg
Janson Junk is a starting pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2026 he struck out 89 batters over 123.2 innings across 26 appearances, 25 of them starts, going 6-9. His ERA of 4.22 was 1.0% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 18 on his team, and 304th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.14 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 15.9% of swings (7.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.0%. His 1.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MIA | 26 | 25 | 123.2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 127 | 58 | 89 | 33 | 4.22 | 4.14 | 1.29 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 101 | 99 | 1.5 | |
| 2025 | MIA | 21 | 16 | 110.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 112 | 51 | 77 | 13 | 4.17 | 3.14 | 1.14 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 100 | 76 | 2.4 | |
| 2024 | MIL/OAK | 6 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 14.63 | 7.54 | 3.25 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 359 | 185 | -0.3 | |
| 2023 | MIL | 2 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4.91 | 4.48 | 1.36 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 113 | 103 | 0.1 | |
| 2022 | LAA | 3 | 2 | 8.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6.48 | 3.11 | 1.56 | 11.9 | 3.2 | 163 | 78 | 0.2 | |
| 2021 | LAA | 4 | 4 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3.86 | 6.29 | 1.35 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 90 | 148 | -0.2 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 324 | 297 | 83 | 6 | 22 | 59 | .279 | .331 | .411 | .328 | 18.2% |
| vs RHB | 199 | 184 | 44 | 9 | 11 | 30 | .239 | .288 | .418 | .309 | 15.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Janson Junk throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 701 | 94.1 | 2,351 | 52.6% | 14.2% | 163 | .239 | .678 | |
| Slider | 385 | 86.2 | 2,448 | 48.1% | 16.6% | 102 | .265 | .802 | |
| Changeup | 346 | 87.3 | 1,406 | 37.3% | 22.6% | 77 | .260 | .561 | |
| Sweeper | 286 | 80.1 | 2,424 | 43.7% | 13.8% | 79 | .278 | .866 | |
| Curveball | 181 | 80.8 | 2,513 | 40.3% | 15.6% | 35 | .257 | .697 | |
| Sinker | 80 | 93.6 | 2,248 | 37.5% | 6.8% | 25 | .400 | .863 |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.