Janson Junk or Mason Black

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Janson Junk or Mason Black Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	17

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	98.1	31.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	102	29

Earned Runs	46	15

Home Runs Allowed	12	6

Strikeouts	68	19

Walks	26	20

ERA	4.21	4.31

WHIP	1.30	1.56

Janson Junk or Mason Black Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	37	28

Games Started	11	3

Innings Pitched	89.8	48.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	95	49

Earned Runs	42	28

Home Runs Allowed	11	7

Strikeouts	65	38

Walks	20	20

ERA	4.24	5.18

WHIP	1.28	1.44

Janson Junk or Mason Black Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	Janson Junk allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and one walk while striking out two across six innings in Wednesday's 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 13th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Janson Junk allowed two runs on five hits and one walk while striking out one run across three innings in Thursday's 11-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 7th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Janson Junk allowed one unearned run on three hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 5-2 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Janson Junk allowed one run on seven hits and no walks while striking out six across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 5-3 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Janson Junk allowed six runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three across four innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
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Janson Junk or Mason Black Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU