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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date2-19-1995
Height6' 4"
Weight280 lbs
Age29 years, 2 months, 5 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2019 CIN MLB 11 0 9.7 1 0 0 8 5 9 1 98 7.4 4.7 0.9 8.4 54% .259 1.34 4.20 4.66 98 4.37 89.7 0.1
CareerMLB1109.71008591987.44.70.98.454%.2591.344.204.66984.3789.70.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2016 BIL Rk PIO 18 0 21.0 0 1 4 28 1 14 1 12.0 0.4 0.4 6.0 59% .365 1.38 4.06 3.43 92 4.47 98.6
2017 DYT A MID 48 0 64.0 2 4 11 78 10 54 6 11.0 1.4 0.8 7.6 54% .353 1.38 3.59 4.36 91 5.10 108.6
2018 DAY A+ FSL 44 0 53.3 1 4 17 54 11 56 2 9.1 1.9 0.3 9.5 54% .340 1.22 2.65 3.04 79 3.84 81.2
2019 CIN MLB NL 11 0 9.7 1 0 0 8 5 9 1 98 7.4 4.7 0.9 8.4 54% .259 1.34 4.20 4.66 98 4.37 89.7
2019 CHT AA SOU 25 0 35.7 3 2 10 26 8 30 5 6.6 2.0 1.3 7.6 39% .212 0.95 4.11 2.27 101 3.23 66.5
2019 LOU AAA INT 16 0 18.0 2 1 4 13 8 20 1 6.5 4.0 0.5 10.0 38% .273 1.17 3.46 2.00 92 3.41 70.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 160 0.4125 0.5000 0.7000 0.7121 0.3511 0.7872 0.5758 0.3000
Career1600.41250.50000.70000.71210.35110.78720.57580.3000

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 HOU $
2023 CIN $730,000
2022 CIN $
2021 CIN $
2020 CIN $563,500
2019 CIN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,293,500
2 yrTotal$1,293,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 97 d1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). DFA by Houston 1/4/24. Sent outright to Triple-A 1/11/24 (elected free agency). Re-signed by Houston as a free agent 1/29/24 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$730,000 (2023). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/23. Acquired by Houston in trade 6/17/23 after being DFA by Cincinnati 6/13/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Contract selected by Cincinnati 5/8/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Cincinnati (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$563,500 (2020). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Cincinnati 8/15/19.
  • Drafted by Cincinnati 2016 (11-318) (Texas-Arlington). $125,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 0 0 0 0 17.5 15 5 15 2 .265 1.16 3.70 3.76 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 11.2 11 4 10 2 .283 1.27 4.15 4.2 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.9 7 2 6 1 .295 1.35 4.48 4.53 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 4 1 3 1 .306 1.42 4.77 4.82 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .317 1.49 5.05 5.09 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Joel Kuhnel has thrown 2,349 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (95mph) and Cutter (89mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (95mph), Splitter (91mph) and Slider (82mph).