Jakob Junis or Lucas Erceg

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Jakob Junis or Lucas Erceg Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	45

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	43.1	48.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	12	5

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	4	17

Hits Allowed	53	44

Earned Runs	30	15

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	31	35

Walks	29	12

ERA	6.23	2.79

WHIP	1.89	1.16

Jakob Junis or Lucas Erceg Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	61	54

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	62.3	62.8

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	16	10

Hits Allowed	56	60

Earned Runs	27	29

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	60	55

Walks	23	16

ERA	3.88	4.11

WHIP	1.27	1.21

Jakob Junis or Lucas Erceg Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
News
	The Royals optioned Lucas Erceg to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Lucas Erceg allowed three runs, one earned, on two hits over one inning in Friday's 7-6 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Lucas Erceg allowed two hits without a walk or strikeout while tossing a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Wednesday that he will play the matchups in the ninth inning for the short term. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	Rangers right-hander Jacob Junis (hip) has been placed on the 15-day injured list, but the expectation is a minimum stay. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Lucas Erceg took his second consecutive loss on Saturday, allowing five straight hits, including a home run, and three runs, without recording an out. Chase Davis Sun, May 31st	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
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Jakob Junis or Lucas Erceg Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC			Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Tue, Mar 31st				@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#126
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#290
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#368
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#305
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#144
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#252
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes	#65	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI