Joel Kuhnel

#60 - Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	2/19/1995 (28)
Height, Weight	6'4", 280 lb
Hometown	Goldsboro, NC

2023 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	0	13.0	5.54	1.62	5.2%	8.6%	22.1%

	179^th 3 Sv	349^th 42 IP	294^th 4.15 ERA	304^th 1.32 WHIP	349^th 23.6% K%	133^rd 9.5% BB%	349^th 29.3% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	94.2	9.7%	38.6%	58.3%	4.85	6.28

	193^rd 94.2 FB MPH	284^th 12.5% SwStr%	346^th 25.0% HC%	31^st 45.7% GB%	251^st 4.97 PLV	332^nd 4.25 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2019	CIN	11	0	9.2	1	0	4.66	-	4.31	-	1.34	7.5	21.4%	11.9%	.259	-	-	0.93	-	69.0%	15.1%	25.3%	-
2020	CIN	3	0	3.0	1	0	6.00	3.59	9.86	5.98	1.33	12.0	23.1%	0.0%	.250	15.4%	30.0%	6.00	28.6%	100.0%	5.3%	29.8%	5.13
2022	CIN	53	0	58.0	2	3	6.36	3.45	3.96	3.56	1.40	10.4	22.0%	5.5%	.347	27.5%	52.3%	1.24	16.3%	60.2%	12.5%	28.5%	5.17
2023	CIN/HOU	9	0	13.0	0	0	5.54	6.05	6.19	5.76	1.62	11.1	5.2%	8.6%	.298	38.6%	58.3%	1.38	18.2%	72.9%	9.7%	22.1%	4.85
RP MLB Percentile		4	0	0	0	77	16	5	5	3	12	7	0	60	45	1	91	25	18	50	17	0	26
RP MLB AVG		38	0	42.0	3	2	4.15	4.25	4.15	4.18	1.32	8.2	23.6%	9.5%	.293	25.0%	45.7%	1.07	13.0%	72.2%	12.5%	29.3%	4.97
4 Years		76	0	83.2	4	3	6.02	-	-	-	1.42	10.2	19.3%	6.5%	.325	27.8%	52.6%	1.40	19.4%	64.6%	12.1%	27.2%	5.12

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 39%
Sinker | 23%
Slider | 23%
Changeup | 15%
All Pitches

2019 2020 2022 2023 All

Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	96.3	36.1%	-	-	20.0%	11.7%	31.7%	68.3%	63.3%	-	-	.176	.323	.200	-	-	-	-	-
2020	95.4	38.6%	16.7%	72.7%	9.1%	22.7%	31.8%	77.3%	63.6%	12.5%	87.5%	.375	.605	.167	28.6%	.253	.418	25.0%	-
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	96.1	25.4%	31.8%	53.6%	15.2%	16.0%	31.2%	70.5%	64.1%	38.0%	38.0%	.242	.291	.277	10.5%	.212	.272	28.4%	2,214
2023	94.2	39.5%	16.7%	53.2%	13.0%	10.4%	23.4%	61.0%	54.5%	26.7%	40.0%	.313	.396	.333	0.0%	.345	.423	50.0%	2,161
RP MLB Percentile	42	45	6	72	75	5	16	26	21	20	47	24	31	33	83	11	23	2	25
RP MLB AVG	94.2	42.0%	26.1%	49.5%	10.6%	17.2%	27.8%	64.3%	58.8%	37.0%	39.5%	.262	.358	.310	15.9%	.259	.359	29.2%	2,259

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.253	.418	.109	.418	25.0%	25.0%	25.0%	25.0%	92.2	93.1	26.0	5.2	7.9	-2.1	6.0	-	-
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	.212	.272	.229	.318	28.4%	12.0%	38.0%	28.4%	88.7	87.7	15.9	4.7	7.2	-2.2	5.8	7.0	2,214
2023	.345	.423	.363	.378	50.0%	0.0%	53.3%	40.0%	94.4	88.5	21.8	6.0	7.1	-1.9	5.8	7.1	2,161
RP MLB Percentile	11	23	17	58	2	90	16	5	12	58	29	70	10	21	51	92	25
RP MLB AVG	.259	.359	.301	.406	29.2%	9.8%	42.5%	27.0%	90.8	88.7	17.5	4.9	9.0	-0.7	5.7	6.4	2,259

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	60	21	1	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	41	19	.176	.412	.323
2020	22	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	17	5	.375	1.125	.605
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	237	67	9	4	0	2	14	3	0	0	167	70	.242	.403	.291
2023	77	20	3	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	47	30	.313	.438	.396
RP MLB Percentile	13	12	73	39	20	82	1	61	42	20	11	84	24	50	31
RP MLB AVG	234	58	8	2	0	2	14	7	1	0	152	82	.262	.462	.358

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	12.5%	0.0%	87.5%	0.0%	28.6%	12.5%	50.0%	37.5%	9.1%	0.0%	12.5%	62.5%	0.0%	0.0%	75.0%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	38.0%	24.0%	38.0%	10.0%	10.5%	36.0%	40.0%	24.0%	18.1%	4.0%	30.0%	28.0%	20.0%	6.0%	44.0%
2023	26.7%	33.3%	40.0%	6.7%	0.0%	20.0%	33.3%	46.7%	18.2%	0.0%	6.7%	40.0%	40.0%	13.3%	46.7%
RP MLB Percentile	20	10	47	24	83	12	39	89	29	0	5	81	5	16	17
RP MLB AVG	37.0%	23.6%	39.5%	12.3%	15.9%	31.1%	34.9%	33.9%	20.5%	3.7%	24.1%	29.8%	24.7%	7.9%	38.0%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2019	-	-	-	-	.176	.323	.200	.273	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	25.0%	25.0%	25.0%	25.0%	.375	.605	.167	.375	.253	.418	.109	.418	92.2	93.1	26.0
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	28.4%	12.0%	38.0%	28.4%	.242	.291	.277	.306	.212	.272	.229	.318	88.7	87.7	15.9
2023	50.0%	0.0%	53.3%	40.0%	.313	.396	.333	.333	.345	.423	.363	.378	94.4	88.5	21.8
RP MLB Percentile	2	90	16	5	24	31	33	52	11	23	17	58	12	58	29
RP MLB AVG	29.2%	9.8%	42.5%	27.0%	.262	.358	.310	.351	.259	.359	.301	.406	90.8	88.7	17.5

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2019	-	-	20.0%	11.7%	31.7%	68.3%	63.3%	35.3%	56.7%	64.7%	-	-	21.4%	-	76.9%	53.8%
2020	16.7%	72.7%	9.1%	22.7%	31.8%	77.3%	63.6%	16.7%	54.5%	83.3%	0.0%	90.9%	25.0%	-	100.0%	50.0%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	31.8%	53.6%	15.2%	16.0%	31.2%	70.5%	64.1%	27.9%	54.4%	72.1%	60.0%	76.6%	23.9%	21.1%	65.6%	59.0%
2023	16.7%	53.2%	13.0%	10.4%	23.4%	61.0%	54.5%	25.6%	50.6%	74.4%	66.7%	75.8%	13.0%	21.1%	47.6%	42.9%
RP MLB Percentile	6	72	75	5	16	26	21	69	71	69	52	76	5	47	9	19
RP MLB AVG	26.1%	49.5%	10.6%	17.2%	27.8%	64.3%	58.8%	22.4%	47.1%	77.6%	67.3%	81.5%	21.9%	21.4%	60.5%	50.0%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	46.7%	18.3%	35.0%	-	21.4%	28.6%
2020	27.3%	45.5%	27.3%	63.6%	18.2%	18.2%	9.1%	18.2%	36.4%	36.4%	27.3%	36.4%	72.7%	25.0%	0.0%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	32.5%	38.8%	28.7%	63.7%	24.1%	12.2%	6.3%	26.2%	35.0%	58.2%	9.7%	32.1%	53.6%	15.9%	18.4%
2023	59.7%	26.0%	14.3%	55.8%	31.2%	13.0%	13.0%	18.2%	55.8%	59.7%	15.6%	24.7%	53.2%	15.2%	5.3%
RP MLB Percentile	99	30	0	67	88	10	96	4	95	78	42	26	72	71	3
RP MLB AVG	34.4%	28.3%	37.3%	50.5%	25.6%	23.9%	7.6%	29.3%	42.4%	55.1%	15.3%	29.6%	49.5%	13.2%	18.3%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2019	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	22	5.44	120	40.9%	31.8%	27.3%	13.6%	2.0	3.13	+1
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	237	5.07	1,203	46.4%	18.1%	35.4%	11.0%	-0.9	3.24	0
2023	77	4.76	366	39.0%	15.6%	45.5%	-6.5%	-0.3	4.21	-1
RP MLB Percentile	13	37	12	27	34	17	17	52	-	55
RP MLB AVG	234	4.85	1,149	43.2%	17.0%	39.8%	3.4%	-	-	-1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	95.6	24.7%	-	-	4.9%	4.9%	9.8%	51.2%	43.9%	-	-	.300	.261	.333	-	-	-	-	-
2020	94.6	22.8%	16.7%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	23.1%	23.1%	100.0%	0.0%	.000	.000	.000	-	.026	.023	0.0%	-
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	95.9	29.9%	33.8%	48.0%	8.2%	14.3%	22.6%	67.0%	58.1%	67.7%	17.7%	.352	.406	.393	9.1%	.261	.331	31.3%	2,190
2023	94.8	22.6%	44.4%	59.1%	2.3%	13.6%	15.9%	77.3%	70.5%	86.7%	6.7%	.188	.198	.188	0.0%	.248	.269	37.5%	2,209
RP MLB Percentile	66	41	90	86	16	14	7	91	92	90	18	81	89	84	62	60	79	29	67
RP MLB AVG	93.5	29.7%	28.0%	50.4%	7.0%	20.6%	27.6%	66.4%	59.6%	57.9%	21.5%	.300	.366	.319	16.9%	.280	.349	31.6%	2,150

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.026	.023	.026	.023	0.0%	0.0%	-	-	80.0	-	-43.0	8.8	4.9	-2.1	6.0	-	-
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	.261	.331	.289	.318	31.3%	1.6%	30.6%	22.9%	90.5	84.5	1.2	9.7	5.0	-2.2	5.9	7.1	2,190
2023	.248	.269	.248	.238	37.5%	0.0%	12.5%	11.8%	86.5	74.4	-6.5	10.4	4.1	-2.1	5.8	7.1	2,209
RP MLB Percentile	60	79	70	80	29	60	99	98	67	93	84	79	34	19	68	93	67
RP MLB AVG	.280	.349	.297	.342	31.6%	5.8%	39.2%	29.7%	88.4	86.3	3.8	9.2	4.7	-0.8	5.5	6.4	2,150

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	41	10	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	20	.300	.300	.261
2020	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.000	.000	.000
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-