Junior Fernández

Relief Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	3/2/1997 (27)
Height, Weight	6'3", 215 lb
Hometown	Santo Domingo Centro, DOM

2022 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	18.2	2.41	1.61	16.7%	14.3%

	44 IP	3.98 ERA	1.31 WHIP	23.7% K%	9.3% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	98.7	12.0%	27.3%	51.7%	7.2%	4.69	4.75

	94.2 FB MPH	12.9% SwStr%	29.2% CSW%	- Str-ICR	7.0% MTK%	4.99 PLV	- PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	Sv	Hld	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2019	STL	13	0	11.2	0-1	0	0	5.40	1.29	-	5.36	-	-	29.6%	11.1%	6.9	1.54	.269	-	74.1%	-	-	19.7%	30.3%	0.47	-
2020	STL	3	0	3.0	0-0	0	0	18.00	2.67	14.63	8.19	6.60	7.71	12.5%	12.5%	18.0	3.00	.455	25.0%	30.3%	50.0%	33.3%	8.2%	26.2%	0.31	4.31
2021	STL	18	0	20.2	1-0	0	0	5.66	1.94	6.67	5.20	5.26	5.50	15.6%	14.6%	10.9	0.87	.354	14.3%	72.6%	44.8%	47.8%	14.2%	25.3%	0.32	4.60
2022	PIT/STL	16	0	18.2	0-0	0	3	2.41	1.61	4.88	5.86	4.99	4.75	16.7%	14.3%	8.7	1.45	.283	21.4%	93.3%	25.0%	61.8%	12.0%	27.3%	0.42	4.69
RP MLB Percentile		-	-	-	---	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG		41	0	44.0	3-2	3	7	3.98	1.31	3.99	3.89	3.88	3.56	23.7%	9.3%	8.2	0.99	.293	12.0%	72.5%	36.5%	45.4%	12.9%	29.2%	0.53	4.99
Career		50	0	54.0	1-1	0	3	5.17	1.72	-	-	-	4.17	18.8%	13.6%	9.7	1.33	.323	25.0%	76.0%	30.7%	52.2%	14.3%	27.1%	0.38	4.62

Repertoire

Sinker | 42%
Slider | 34%
Four-Seamer | 12%
Changeup | 11%
All

2019 2020 2021 2022 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2019	20.2%	96.7	-	-	52.3%	4.5%	6.8%	11.4%	-	-	-	-	-	.000	.000	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	18.1%	92.9	-	-	64.0%	7.4%	17.8%	25.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.316	.330	-	-	-	-
2020	55.7%	94.0	55.9%	6.7%	55.9%	0.0%	17.6%	17.6%	32.4%	28.6%	28.6%	57.1%	0.0%	.429	.429	+0	0.2	20.6%	4.22
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	32.5%	92.8	45.4%	23.9%	61.4%	7.8%	19.2%	27.0%	46.7%	51.3%	23.9%	45.2%	20.2%	.296	.329	+0	0.2	7.2%	4.82
2021	47.6%	97.7	47.5%	25.8%	62.7%	9.0%	15.8%	24.9%	42.4%	44.4%	22.2%	50.0%	25.0%	.395	.441	+10	7.4	6.2%	4.57
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	31.7%	93.0	48.8%	25.4%	63.7%	7.2%	19.0%	26.2%	48.4%	54.7%	24.3%	40.2%	16.8%	.291	.319	+1	0.7	8.0%	4.77
2022	42.3%	98.7	51.8%	27.9%	65.2%	7.1%	19.9%	27.0%	53.9%	66.7%	21.2%	23.5%	28.6%	.282	.281	+5	3.7	5.7%	4.76
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	30.4%	93.5	49.3%	27.9%	65.8%	7.5%	19.8%	27.3%	49.7%	55.0%	23.6%	39.5%	13.9%	.299	.328	+1	0.8	8.7%	4.81

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.590	.643	.559	.635	71.4%	14.3%	57.1%	93.9	90.5	21.7	5.6	8.6	-1.5	5.8	6.7	2,040
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.286	.369	.316	.385	-	7.4%	45.2%	88.5	86.9	6.7	8.6	6.0	-0.7	5.5	6.3	2,172
2021	.384	.466	.433	.501	41.7%	5.6%	50.0%	90.9	88.9	6.3	7.0	8.5	-1.4	5.9	6.6	2,174
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.283	.354	.306	.355	-	6.3%	40.2%	87.7	86.1	5.7	8.8	5.6	-0.7	5.5	6.3	2,153
2022	.255	.345	.261	.334	36.4%	3.0%	23.5%	87.0	86.5	-0.5	9.0	7.1	-1.3	5.9	6.5	2,037
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.286	.350	.307	.361	-	6.5%	39.5%	88.6	86.1	5.5	9.1	5.3	-0.7	5.5	6.3	2,153

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2019	44	9	23	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	78	21	50	28	4	1	0	1	5	8	0	3	2	0
2020	34	8	19	15	2	1	0	0	3	3	4	0	1	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	70	18	45	25	3	1	0	0	4	4	5	3	2	0
2021	177	52	111	66	11	4	0	2	17	21	18	7	9	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	141	38	92	49	6	1	0	1	9	10	9	5	4	1
2022	141	46	92	48	8	1	0	2	11	15	8	5	5	1
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	138	37	92	46	7	1	0	1	9	11	9	5	3	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-
2020	28.6%	42.9%	28.6%	14.3%	42.9%	42.9%	14.3%	28.6%	14.3%	14.3%	42.9%	71.4%	42.9%	57.1%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	51.3%	24.9%	23.9%	5.3%	35.3%	36.5%	28.2%	27.6%	4.8%	7.4%	36.7%	-	60.3%	45.2%
2021	44.4%	33.3%	22.2%	0.0%	19.4%	41.7%	38.9%	38.9%	5.6%	5.6%	44.4%	41.7%	50.0%	50.0%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	54.7%	21.1%	24.3%	5.8%	32.5%	40.2%	27.3%	26.5%	4.7%	6.3%	33.0%	-	62.5%	40.2%
2022	66.7%	12.1%	21.2%	9.1%	23.5%	44.1%	32.4%	15.2%	6.1%	3.0%	21.2%	36.4%	75.7%	23.5%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	55.0%	21.4%	23.6%	5.8%	37.5%	34.3%	28.2%	25.6%	5.2%	6.5%	32.9%	-	62.7%	39.5%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2019	.000	.233	.000	.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.316	.379	.330	.360	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.429	.463	.429	.429	+0	.590	.643	.559	.635	93.9	90.5	21.7	0.0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.296	.382	.329	.362	+0	.286	.369	.316	.385	88.5	86.9	6.7	20.2
2021	.395	.478	.441	.472	+10	.384	.466	.433	.501	90.9	88.9	6.3	25.0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.291	.364	.319	.344	+1	.283	.354	.306	.355	87.7	86.1	5.7	16.8
2022	.282	.370	.281	.324	+5	.255	.345	.261	.334	87.0	86.5	-0.5	28.6
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.299	.358	.328	.351	+1	.286	.350	.307	.361	88.6	86.1	5.5	13.9

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2019	-	52.3%	45.5%	-	10.0%	27.3%	90.0%	-	-	6.8%	4.5%	11.4%	26.1%	13.6%	52.3%	0.00	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	64.0%	46.2%	-	16.0%	18.9%	84.0%	-	-	17.8%	7.4%	25.2%	-	19.9%	56.9%	0.39	-
2020	55.9%	55.9%	38.2%	6.7%	0.0%	17.6%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	17.6%	0.0%	17.6%	36.8%	20.6%	47.1%	0.06	32.4%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	45.4%	61.4%	42.1%	23.9%	18.5%	16.5%	81.5%	85.8%	71.0%	19.2%	7.8%	27.0%	-	17.8%	55.1%	0.41	46.7%
2021	47.5%	62.7%	46.9%	25.8%	19.3%	17.5%	80.7%	81.4%	79.2%	15.8%	9.0%	24.9%	32.4%	20.3%	53.1%	0.35	42.4%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	48.8%	63.7%	44.7%	25.4%	16.0%	18.0%	84.0%	88.7%	72.7%	19.0%	7.2%	26.2%	-	19.5%	57.0%	0.41	48.4%
2022	51.8%	65.2%	45.4%	27.9%	15.6%	14.2%	84.4%	84.4%	84.2%	19.9%	7.1%	27.0%	37.0%	24.1%	57.4%	0.38	53.9%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	49.3%	65.8%	46.0%	27.9%	16.4%	17.7%	83.6%	88.1%	74.8%	19.8%	7.5%	27.3%	-	20.8%	58.7%	0.45	49.7%

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	55.9%	47.1%	20.6%	32.4%	14.7%	35.3%	50.0%	44.1%	35.3%	14.7%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	45.4%	48.6%	24.2%	27.2%	26.7%	27.7%	45.6%	36.2%	39.7%	6.6%
2021	47.5%	48.0%	23.2%	28.8%	34.5%	32.8%	32.8%	29.9%	46.9%	10.7%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	48.8%	48.4%	24.4%	27.2%	27.1%	29.1%	43.8%	37.3%	38.3%	7.0%
2022	51.8%	42.6%	28.4%	29.1%	24.1%	31.2%	44.7%	30.5%	41.1%	9.2%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	49.3%	48.7%	25.6%	25.7%	27.9%	28.8%	43.4%	39.0%	35.4%	7.2%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2019	59.1%	18.2%	22.7%	11.5%	63.6%	45.5%	7.7%	-	0.0%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	62.3%	16.3%	21.3%	17.0%	59.7%	45.6%	21.5%	-	15.5%
2020	58.8%	26.5%	14.7%	20.0%	66.7%	44.4%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	61.6%	17.0%	21.4%	15.6%	59.4%	47.2%	22.9%	27.2%	18.1%
2021	55.4%	19.8%	24.9%	17.3%	61.7%	46.8%	22.4%	27.3%	15.9%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	61.5%	17.4%	21.2%	16.7%	59.2%	47.3%	22.7%	25.0%	16.6%
2022	58.2%	23.4%	18.4%	22.0%	66.0%	48.9%	25.6%	23.1%	19.2%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	62.3%	16.4%	21.4%	17.8%	60.5%	46.4%	23.1%	26.5%	18.2%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2019	96.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	92.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	94.0	6.7	8.9	11.5	14.6	-6.0	1.0	2,040	4.22
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	92.8	6.3	15.2	8.1	18.3	-5.9	0.7	2,172	4.82
2021	97.7	6.6	11.6	13.4	17.9	-5.3	0.9	2,174	4.57
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	93.0	6.3	15.1	8.4	18.4	-5.8	0.7	2,153	4.77
2022	98.7	6.5	15.7	10.4	18.9	-5.7	0.8	2,037	4.76
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	93.5	6.3	15.5	7.9	18.4	-5.7	0.7	2,153	4.81

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2019	44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	34	4.22	8.03	26.5%	17.6%	55.9%	-29.4%	0.2	+0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	70	4.82	1.04	41.2%	18.5%	40.2%	1.0%	0.2	+0
2021	177	4.57	5.60	38.4%	19.8%	41.8%	-3.4%	7.4	+10
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	141	4.77	0.81	40.9%	19.1%	40.0%	0.9%	0.7	+1
2022	141	4.76	4.51	47.1%	17.1%	35.7%	11.4%	3.7	+5
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	138	4.81	0.72	41.5%	19.7%	38.8%	2.8%	0.8	+1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2019	16.5%	87.3	-	-	61.1%	44.4%	5.6%	50.0%	-	-	-	-	-	.143	.500	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	18.1%	84.6	-	-	60.9%	16.6%	14.6%	31.3%	-	-	-	-	-	.228	.294	-	-	-	-
2020	19.7%	84.5	41.7%	14.3%	50.0%	16.7%	16.7%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	.333	.500	+0	-0.2	16.7%	3.42
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	30.5%	84.3	38.8%	30.6%	59.3%	15.7%	14.4%	30.1%	48.3%	41.2%	37.6%	39.7%	12.8%	.215	.299	+0	-0.1	9.3%	5.03
2021	21.5%	88.6	26.3%	28.8%	48.8%	18.8%	7.5%	26.3%	41.3%	55.6%	22.2%	33.3%	0.0%	.083	.111	-1	-1.2	6.3%	4.55
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	31.7%	84.3	40.8%	31.4%	60.9%	16.1%	15.1%	31.2%	49.7%	42.4%	36.8%	36.6%	14.2%	.219	.284	+1	0.5	7.3%	5.12
2022	33.6%	88.9	35.7%	27.8%	56.3%	19.6%	12.5%	32.1%	47.3%	56.3%	25.0%	31.3%	25.0%	.304	.400	+2	2.0	11.6%	4.34
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	33.9%	84.2	40.6%	32.0%	61.6%	16.1%	15.3%	31.4%	50.4%	41.6%	37.2%	35.8%	13.3%	.214	.275	+1	0.8	7.2%	5.11

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.333	.306	.500	.459	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	91.2	88.8	24.0	1.1	3.7	-1.9	5.7	6.6	1,767
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.201	.263	.272	.336	-	5.0%	39.7%	85.9	85.9	14.8	-2.4	1.5	-0.7	5.7	6.3	2,394
2021	.159	.213	.210	.231	22.2%	0.0%	33.3%	87.1	94.6	7.4	2.6	4.3	-1.8	5.6	6.6	2,047
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.207	.273	.266	.350	-	6.1%	36.6%	86.3	86.2	14.4	-3.0	0.9	-0.8	5.7	6.2	2,413
2022	.301	.406	.378	.513	37.5%	6.3%	31.3%	85.6	91.8	3.9	1.0	4.7	-1.8	5.5	6.5	2,110
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.206	.276	.260	.353	-	6.9%	35.8%	85.9	85.9	15.1	-3.4	1.1	-0.9	5.6	6.3	2,417

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2019	36	7	22	14	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	94	23	58	36	3	1	0	1	5	7	0	8	1	0
2020	12	3	6	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	69	17	42	27	2	1	0	0	3	3	4	5	1	0
2021	80	13	39	41	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	184	46	114	69	5	2	0	1	8	10	10	15	3	1
2022