...from across the internets:
Jake Junis, RHP, Kansas City Royals
What Junis impresses me with, and everyone else, is his ability to command all of his pitches. He comes at you with a moving fastball, a curveball he can locate well, and a decent changeup.
His fastball sits in the low 90s. But he can reach mid-90s in the in the pen.
He has a 3.07 ERA in five starts with the Storm Chasers with 36 strikeouts in 29 1⁄3 innings. He has been up in two stints with the Royals this year, tossing two scoreless innings.
He?ll mix in a curveball, slider, and change-up, control of all his pitches being more important to his success than pure stuff. This is a number four/five starter profile but on the right day he gives off a sleeper vibe.
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Chris Heston, RHP - Seattle
The 29-year-old will make his first MLB start since 2015 with the Giants, when he went 12-11 with a 3.95 ERA and threw a no-hitter. He was 2-1 with a 3.54 ERA in six starts for Tacoma this year and threw 2 innings of relief for Seattle in April...posted a 6.94 ERA in five games (four starts) this spring.
After pitching a no-hitter for the Giants in June of 2015, Chris Heston?s season started to unravel and he?s not been the same since. August and September of that year produced a 5.88 ERA and 1.69 WHIP over 11 starts. A brief, late-August sojourn to the minors didn?t help and thus, Heston was pegged for a long relief role in 2016. After four appearances in which he gave up six runs with a 3/6 K/BB ratio, the Giants returned Heston to the rotation?in Triple-A Sacramento. In December, the Giants traded Heston to the M?s for a player to be named later. These types of deals are more or less favors. It?s like saying, you take this guy off our hands and we owe you a solid or it?s the repayment of a similar deal between GM?s. The pitching starved Giants wanted nothing to do with Chris Heston.
Heston throws 86 MPH, which is down three ticks from the 89 MPH he was throwing back in 2015. He has appeared in one game since being recalled and it was as ugly as ugly can be. This is a desperation move by a desperate franchise that is not likely to work out well. Most importantly, this mostly career minor league is not worthy of being the chalk on his best day.
Jake Junis, RHP, Kansas City Royals
What Junis impresses me with, and everyone else, is his ability to command all of his pitches. He comes at you with a moving fastball, a curveball he can locate well, and a decent changeup.
His fastball sits in the low 90s. But he can reach mid-90s in the in the pen.
He has a 3.07 ERA in five starts with the Storm Chasers with 36 strikeouts in 29 1⁄3 innings. He has been up in two stints with the Royals this year, tossing two scoreless innings.
He?ll mix in a curveball, slider, and change-up, control of all his pitches being more important to his success than pure stuff. This is a number four/five starter profile but on the right day he gives off a sleeper vibe.
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Chris Heston, RHP - Seattle
The 29-year-old will make his first MLB start since 2015 with the Giants, when he went 12-11 with a 3.95 ERA and threw a no-hitter. He was 2-1 with a 3.54 ERA in six starts for Tacoma this year and threw 2 innings of relief for Seattle in April...posted a 6.94 ERA in five games (four starts) this spring.
After pitching a no-hitter for the Giants in June of 2015, Chris Heston?s season started to unravel and he?s not been the same since. August and September of that year produced a 5.88 ERA and 1.69 WHIP over 11 starts. A brief, late-August sojourn to the minors didn?t help and thus, Heston was pegged for a long relief role in 2016. After four appearances in which he gave up six runs with a 3/6 K/BB ratio, the Giants returned Heston to the rotation?in Triple-A Sacramento. In December, the Giants traded Heston to the M?s for a player to be named later. These types of deals are more or less favors. It?s like saying, you take this guy off our hands and we owe you a solid or it?s the repayment of a similar deal between GM?s. The pitching starved Giants wanted nothing to do with Chris Heston.
Heston throws 86 MPH, which is down three ticks from the 89 MPH he was throwing back in 2015. He has appeared in one game since being recalled and it was as ugly as ugly can be. This is a desperation move by a desperate franchise that is not likely to work out well. Most importantly, this mostly career minor league is not worthy of being the chalk on his best day.
