Joel Kuhnel

#66 - Relief Pitcher

Cincinnati Reds

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	2/19/1995 (27)
Height, Weight	6'4", 280 lb
Hometown	Goldsboro, NC

2022 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%				FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	xERA	xwOBA
	1	58.0	6.36	1.40	22.0%	5.5%	28.5%				95.9	12.5%	27.5%	52.3%	3.57	.296

	126^th 3 Sv	91^st 44 IP	320^th 3.98 ERA	237^th 1.31 WHIP	206^th 23.7% K%	33^rd 9.2% BB%	205^th 29.3% CSW%				58^th 93.5 FB MPH	180^th 12.9% SwStr%	248^th 24.7% HC%	90^th 45.5% GB%	137^th 3.99 xERA	150^th .306 xwOBA

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	xBABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%
2019	CIN	11	0	9.2	1	0	4.66	3.07	4.31	6.04	1.34	7.8	21.4%	11.9%	.259	.212	20.5%	56.0%	14.3%	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	.129	15.4%	30.0%	28.6%	100.0%	5.3%	29.8%
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	.261	27.5%	52.3%	16.3%	60.2%	12.5%	28.5%
RP MLB AVG		41	0	44.0	3	2	3.98	3.99	3.89	3.88	1.31	8.2	23.7%	9.3%	.293	.279	24.6%	45.4%	12.0%	72.5%	12.9%	29.2%
3 Years		67	0	70.2	4	3	6.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.39	10.1	21.9%	6.1%	.332	.249	26.1%	51.7%	17.5%	62.8%	12.5%	28.1%

Repertoire

Sinker | 30%
Slider | 30%
Four-Seamer | 25%
Changeup | 14%
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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%	34.4%	22.0%	4.9%	4.9%	9.8%	51.2%	43.9%	77.8%	11.1%	.300	.261	.333	0.0%	.185	.161	30.0%	2,212
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
RP MLB AVG	93.5	30.4%	27.9%	49.3%	7.5%	19.8%	27.3%	65.8%	58.7%	55.0%	23.6%	.299	.358	.328	13.9%	.280	.347	30.0%	2,153

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2019	.185	.161	.206	.179	30.0%	0.0%	22.2%	20.0%	88.3	99.9	-2.0	1.2	0.9	-1.9	6.3	6.8	2,212
2020	.026	.023	.026	.023	0.0%	0.0%	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
RP MLB AVG	.280	.347	.307	.361	30.0%	6.5%	37.1%	26.6%	88.6	86.1	5.5	9.1	5.3	-0.7	5.5	6.3	2,153

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	279	83	17	7	0	1	10	6	5	1	187	92	.352	.493	.406
RP MLB AVG	138	37	7	1	0	1	5	3	1	0	92	46	.299	.440	.358

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2019	77.8%	11.1%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	44.4%	22.2%	19.5%	0.0%	77.8%	0.0%	11.1%	11.1%	11.1%
2020	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	15.4%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	67.7%	14.5%	17.7%	4.8%	9.1%	41.9%	27.4%	30.6%	22.2%	0.0%	56.5%	12.9%	24.2%	4.8%	21.0%
RP MLB AVG	55.0%	21.4%	23.6%	5.8%	13.9%	37.5%	34.3%	28.2%	17.7%	5.2%	39.7%	17.8%	25.6%	5.2%	32.9%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2019	30.0%	0.0%	22.2%	20.0%	.300	.261	.333	.333	.185	.161	.206	.179	88.3	99.9	-2.0
2020	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.000	.000	.000	.026	.023	.026	.023	80.0	-	-43.0
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	31.3%	1.6%	30.6%	22.9%	.352	.406	.393	.403	.261	.331	.289	.318	90.5	84.5	1.2
RP MLB AVG	30.0%	6.5%	37.1%	26.6%	.299	.358	.328	.351	.280	.347	.307	.361	88.6	86.1	5.5

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	34.4%	22.0%	4.9%	4.9%	9.8%	51.2%	43.9%	10.5%	46.3%	89.5%	81.8%	100.0%	0.0%	36.4%	40.0%	20.0%
2020	16.7%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	23.1%	23.1%	0.0%	23.1%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	33.8%	48.0%	8.2%	14.3%	22.6%	67.0%	58.1%	15.6%	52.7%	84.4%	69.4%	91.8%	16.6%	23.8%	47.0%	32.5%
RP MLB AVG	27.9%	49.3%	7.5%	19.8%	27.3%	65.8%	58.7%	16.4%	46.0%	83.6%	74.8%	88.1%	23.1%	22.0%	60.5%	46.4%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2019	82.9%	17.1%	0.0%	29.3%	24.4%	46.3%	4.9%	43.9%	39.0%	53.7%	31.7%	26.8%	22.0%	18.2%	9.1%
2020	69.2%	7.7%	23.1%	15.4%	23.1%	61.5%	7.7%	69.2%	23.1%	46.2%	15.4%	46.2%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	63.4%	26.2%	10.4%	28.0%	29.4%	42.7%	6.5%	45.9%	28.0%	67.0%	35.1%	22.6%	48.0%	23.0%	15.9%
RP MLB AVG	48.7%	25.6%	25.7%	27.9%	28.8%	43.4%	7.2%	39.0%	35.4%	62.3%	33.3%	21.4%	49.3%	17.8%	18.2%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	86.2	30.7%	35.7%	45.1%	19.6%	13.7%	33.3%	62.7%	60.8%	60.0%	20.0%	.143	.195	.200	0.0%	.140	.193	37.5%	2,320
2020	86.6	35.1%	10.0%	50.0%	5.0%	45.0%	50.0%	65.0%	60.0%	100.0%	0.0%	.250	.221	1.000	-	.091	.081	0.0%	-
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	86.8	29.8%	27.6%	43.9%	14.4%	20.5%	34.9%	61.9%	54.7%	38.1%	35.7%	.328	.388	.436	20.0%	.233	.295	23.1%	2,359
RP MLB AVG	84.2	33.9%	32.0%	40.6%	16.1%	15.3%	31.4%	61.6%	56.8%	41.6%	37.2%	.214	.280	.275	13.3%	.206	.277	20.1%	2,417

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2019	.140	.193	.196	.171	37.5%	0.0%	40.0%	25.0%	93.9	80.0	17.9	0.3	0.1	-2.4	6.2	6.3	2,320
2020	.091	.081	.365	.322	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	65.7	-	-4.0	1.7	1.9	-2.5	6.0	-	-
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	.233	.295	.292	.401	23.1%	4.8%	41.9%	27.3%	88.0	91.8	11.5	1.6	0.7	-2.8	5.8	6.8	2,359
RP MLB AVG	.206	.277	.260	.353	20.1%	6.9%	35.4%	22.3%	85.9	85.9	15.1	3.8	1.1	-0.9	5.6	6.3	2,417

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	51	8	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	32	19	.143	.143	.195
2020	20	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	7	.250	.250	.221
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	278	66	12	5	0	3	20	3	0	0	172	106	.328	.557	.388
RP MLB AVG	200	50	6	2	0	1	16	3	1	1	126	74	.214	.364	.280

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2019	60.0%	20.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%	40.0%	40.0%	20.0%	19.6%	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	40.0%	0.0%	20.0%
2020	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	10.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	38.1%	26.2%	35.7%	4.8%	20.0%	41.9%	34.9%	23.3%	11.5%	4.8%	23.8%	28.6%	28.6%	9.5%	45.2%
RP MLB AVG	41.6%	21.2%	37.2%	10.7%	13.3%	45.8%	33.0%	21.2%	14.6%	5.2%	29.6%	29.8%	23.4%	5.2%	34.5%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2019	37.5%	0.0%	40.0%	25.0%	.143	.195	.200	.200	.140	.193	.196	.171	93.9	80.0	17.9
2020	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.250	.221	1.000	1.000	.091	.081	.365	.322	65.7	-	-4.0
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	23.1%	4.8%	41.9%	27.3%	.328	.388	.436	.476	.233	.295	.292	.401	88.0	91.8	11.5
RP MLB AVG	20.1%	6.9%	35.4%	22.3%	.214	.280	.275	.309	.206	.277	.260	.353	85.9	85.9	15.1

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	35.7%	45.1%	19.6%	13.7%	33.3%	62.7%	60.8%	40.0%	49.0%	60.0%	20.0%	86.7%	19.4%	30.0%	70.0%	65.0%
2020	10.0%	50.0%	5.0%	45.0%	50.0%	65.0%	60.0%	25.0%	20.0%	75.0%	0.0%	100.0%	46.7%	25.0%	70.0%	60.0%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	27.6%	43.9%	14.4%	20.5%	34.9%	61.9%	54.7%	34.8%	41.4%	65.2%	39.5%	80.6%	31.9%	26.8%	66.7%	57.1%
RP MLB AVG	32.0%	40.6%	16.1%	15.3%	31.4%	61.6%	56.8%	34.7%	46.3%	65.3%	45.8%	79.7%	21.2%	27.3%	59.9%	51.6%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2019	11.8%	13.7%	74.5%	15.7%	17.6%	66.7%	3.9%	25.5%	60.8%