The Astros claimed right-hander Janson Junk off waivers from the Brewers, tweets Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Junk was designated for project when Milwaukee reinstated Devin Williams from the 60-day injured listing. Houston already had an open spot on the 40-man roster, so no extra strikes had been vital. Junk has been optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land and can give the ’Stros some extra depth.
That is the ultimate choice yr for Junk, 28, who’s pitched within the massive leagues in every of the previous 4 seasons. He’s solely obtained scattered seems to be throughout his time with the Angels and Brewers, logging a mixed 40 innings with a 5.18 ERA, 18.8% strikeout fee, 5% stroll fee and 44.8% ground-ball fee. He’s labored each as a starter and reliever in his professional profession, and although he’s primarily spent the season within the bullpen with the Brewers’ Triple-A Nashville affiliate, he’s steadily labored in multi-inning stints all through the summer season.
Junk’s massive league numbers is probably not notably sharp, however he sports activities a tidy 2.55 earned run common in 35 1/3 Triple-A frames this season. He’s punched out 23.6% of his opponents there towards a ten.1% stroll fee. Junk has been excellent of late, too. He’s rattled off 17 straight scoreless frames in Nashville, logging a 19-to-7 Ok/BB ratio alongside the way in which and solely yielding a dozen hits in that point. In elements of 4 Triple-A seasons, Junk has a 4.15 ERA over the lifetime of 251 1/3 innings.
