The Astros claimed right-hander Janson Junk off waivers from the Brewers, tweets Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Junk was designated for assignment when Milwaukee reinstated Devin Williams from the 60-day injured list. Houston already had an open spot on the 40-man roster, so no additional moves were necessary. Junk has been optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land and will give the ’Stros some additional depth.
This is the final option year for Junk, 28, who’s pitched in the big leagues in each of the past four seasons. He’s only received scattered looks during his time with the Angels and Brewers, logging a combined 40 innings with a 5.18 ERA, 18.8% strikeout rate, 5% walk rate and 44.8% ground-ball rate. He’s worked both as a starter and reliever in his pro career, and though he’s primarily spent the season in the bullpen with the Brewers’ Triple-A Nashville affiliate, he’s frequently worked in multi-inning stints throughout the summer.
Junk’s big league numbers may not be particularly sharp, but he sports a tidy 2.55 earned run average in 35 1/3 Triple-A frames this season. He’s punched out 23.6% of his opponents there against a 10.1% walk rate. Junk has been outstanding of late, too. He’s rattled off 17 straight scoreless frames in Nashville, logging a 19-to-7 K/BB ratio along the way and only yielding a dozen hits in that time. In parts of four Triple-A seasons, Junk has a 4.15 ERA over the life of 251 1/3 innings.
Guess they need more Junk for their Thrashcans”
mp – One man’s Junk is another man’s Jake Treasure.
Cue the trashcan jokes.
Ba-dum tssss
Jay – Yeah talk about low-hanging fruit!
My favorite is still Bummer though.
Astros aren’t the only team that claims junk off of waivers to fill out their bullpen.
Pretend it’s 1984.:
“And on comes the Junk-balling right hander.” .
Astros taking the Yankees old Junk.
Junk needs better junk if he wants to stick in the bigs.
better headline…”Dana Brown grabs Matt Arnold’s Junk”
Junk, very fitting, that should be the last name of the GM there in Houston. Junk would be a nice way of describing how bad he is.
Few of these guys named after their pitching abilities. Bob Walk. Cutter Crawford. Mark Spitz was supposed to be the next Gaylord Perry but his wingspan outgrew his mouth.
An Olympic swimmer turned pitcher?
It’s an extremely nuanced spitball joke, but I think @Edpoo7 stuck the landing.
I saw no nickname listed in his profile, but I guess you don’t need one with a name like Janson Junk.
Such a rude headline. Janson has feelings, too!
Hope he can get his junkball going
Looks like the Astros grabbed someone’s junk.
Got Junk? These jokes are trash.
The Astros went to Sanford and Son.
Since this is his third team already it seems one team’s Junk is still another team’s Junk…
One team’s Junk is another team’s treasure.
This dude been dealing with this crap his whole life probably. He’s either a mega jaded cat, or he’s the nicest guy ever. Zero in between
Jason needs to improve his JUNK or add another JUNK pitch
Whatever happened to Fay Wray?
No comments telling us what a mistake it was for MKE to get rid of HIM in favor of a guy who hadn’t pitched all year and so his WAR was a big fat zero? Kinda surprised.
Reese McGuire got into a fight with this guy last year. Reese was catching. Said let me see your Junk … didn’t go over well
Crickets. You’re trying too hard. Stop
I personally don’t think Reese McGuire gets enough isht for jacking it in a parking lot
It’s pronounced “yoonk,” right? Tell me it’s pronounced “yoonk.” Lie to me if you must.
Nope. Sorry. The Astros are picking up the Brewers’ Junk.
Come on, Adams. When will you learn that “too” should NEVER have a comma before it?