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Janson Junk
B/T R/R · 6' 2" · 197 lb · born Federal Way, WA, USA · age 30 · draft 2017 rd 22 · played P 28 · MLB debut 2021-09-05
523 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Janson Junk, a 6-foot-2 right-hander from Federal Way, Washington, and a 22nd-round pick in 2017, has 200 strikeouts in 62 MLB appearances. He fanned 15 across his last three MLB games in September, which is the one thing his line says worth knowing.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Pre-arbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- —est
- Service time
- 2 yr 45 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Miami Marlins.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $0.80M
- Guaranteed
- $0.80M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | Minimum | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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The Bureau on Janson Junk
The scouting press, in their own words
Cubs lead the Marlins 1-0 after 5. Janson Junk was tremendous. Jack Ralston takes over in the 6th. Quiet night at the plate thus far for both teams.
Umpire favor
-3.7 net runs over 23 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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