Jakob Junis

Junis was born in Sterling, Illinois and attended Rock Falls High School in Rock Falls, Illinois. The Kansas City Royals selected Junis in the 29th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He had been committed to play college baseball at North Carolina State University, but he signed with the Royals instead of attending college.\n', '

Junis made his professional debut in 2012 with the Burlington Royals where he went 2–2 with a 4.15 ERA in seven games (six starts), pitched in 2013 with the Idaho Falls Chukars where he posted a 2–6 record and 7.39 ERA in 13 starts, and in 2014 with the Lexington Legends where he pitched to a 9–8 record and 4.30 ERA in 26 games (22 starts). Junis pitched for the Wilmington Blue Rocks and Northwest Arkansas Naturals in 2015 where he compiled a combined 5–12 record and 3.78 ERA in 27 starts, and started 2016 with Northwest Arkansas. In August he was p…