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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
55.3 2.62 1.07 79 3 1 19 1.1
Birth Date11-26-1991
Height6' 3"
Weight224 lbs
Age33 years, 3 months, 24 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.32015
-0.22016
1.82017
1.52018
1.12019
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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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YEARTeamGGSIPWLSVHBBSOHRPPFH/9BB/9HR/9K/9GB%BABIPWHIPFIPERAcFIPDRADRA-WARP
2014 DET 8 0 8.7 0 0 0 11 3 11 0 103 11.4 3.1 0.0 11.4 0% .440 1.62 1.66 6.23 102 3.41 83.6 0.1
2015 MIL 48 0 50.3 0 0 0 44 17 58 8 98 7.9 3.0 1.4 10.4 0% .290 1.21 4.05 3.22 91 4.18 97.7 0.3
2016 MIL 35 0 32.7 1 4 2 32 16 38 3 97 8.8 4.4 0.8 10.5 43% .333 1.47 3.61 4.68 104 5.45 120.6 -0.2
2017 MIL 76 0 76.0 1 4 39 48 40 126 6 5.7 4.7 0.7 14.9 39% .311 1.16 2.54 1.78 77 3.09 65.7 1.8
2018 MIL 57 0 55.3 4 3 16 38 22 88 7 94 6.2 3.6 1.1 14.3 50% .304 1.08 2.99 3.58 69 2.53 56.5 1.5
Career2240223.0611571739832124647.04.01.013.044%.3241.223.123.15833.5579.43.5

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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Plate Discipline

YEARPitsZone%Swing%Contact%Z-Swing%O-Swing%Z-Contact%O-Contact%SwStr%
2014 171 0.5088 0.3977 0.7206 0.5632 0.2262 0.7959 0.5263 0.2794
2015 819 0.4994 0.4689 0.7682 0.6528 0.2854 0.8390 0.6068 0.2318
2016 603 0.4809 0.4046 0.7705 0.6000 0.2236 0.8276 0.6286 0.2295
2017 1373 0.4880 0.4312 0.6470 0.5910 0.2788 0.7121 0.5153 0.3530
2018 986 0.5193 0.4493 0.6772 0.6094 0.2764 0.7404 0.5267 0.3228
Career39520.49800.43800.70170.60860.26890.76670.55490.2983

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

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

Compensation

YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$30,201,900
7 yrTotal$30,201,900

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 151 dExcel1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 2/20/24 (minor-league contract).
  • 2023
  • 1 year/$10M (2022). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 11/30/21. Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 45, 50, 55, 60 games finished.
  • 1 year/$5.25M (2021). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 1/14/21 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$5.125M (2020). Re-signed by Milwaukee 12/11/19 (avoided arbitration). Award bonus: $50,000 for Comeback Player of the Year. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Milwaukee 12/2/20.
  • 1 year/$5.125M (2019). Re-signed by Milwaukee 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$3.65M (2018). Re-signed by Milwaukee 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/17.
  • 1 year/$513,000 (2016). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/16.
  • 2015. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Texas 1/19/15. Signed by Milwaukee 3/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract selected by Detroit 5/23/14. Acquired by Texas in trade from Detroit 7/22/14 (Soria deal).
  • Drafted by Detroit 2013 (1s-39) (Texas) (competitive-balance pick acquired from Miami). $1.4334M signing bonus (slot amount).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCTWLSVGGSIPHBBSOHRBABIPWHIPERADRAVORPWARP
90o 12 0 26.6 69 0 70.4 37 25 99 4 .238 0.88 1.73 1.93 7.6 0.8
80o 10.8 0 23.9 63 0 64.3 37 25 91 4 .253 0.96 2.08 2.31 4.4 0.5
70o 9.9 0 22 59 0 60.0 37 24 85 4 .264 1.01 2.33 2.59 2.3 0.2
60o 9.2 0 20.5 55 0 56.4 36 24 80 4 .273 1.06 2.55 2.82 0.8 0.1
50o 8.6 0 19.1 52 0 53.1 35 23 75 4 .282 1.11 2.76 3.05 -0.6 -0.1
40o 8 0 17.8 49 0 49.9 35 23 71 4 .290 1.16 2.96 3.28 -1.7 -0.2
30o 7.3 0 16.4 46 0 46.5 34 22 66 4 .299 1.21 3.19 3.53 -2.8 -0.3
20o 6.6 0 14.9 42 0 42.7 33 22 60 4 .310 1.27 3.46 3.82 -3.9 -0.4
10o 5.7 0 12.8 37 0 37.5 31 20 53 3 .325 1.36 3.84 4.24 -5.1 -0.6
Weighted Mean8.501952052.63523744.2791.102.733.02-0.40.0

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 68)

BP Annual Player Comments

YearComment
2019  Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).
2018 So much about Knebel's life screams "Texas": He was born in Denton, went to college at UT-Austin, stands 6-foot-4 and has a four-seamer that touches triple digits to go with a curveball that falls off the table. That profile helped Knebel become one of the best relievers in baseball in 2017. He posted the 12th-best DRA and sixth-best cFIP of any major-league pitcher (min. 50 IP), which suggests his breakout performance wasn't a fluke. He tied with Craig Kimbrel for the most strikeouts by a reliever and had two more than teammate Zach Davies notched in his 33 starts. Despite his background Knebel is a die-hard Packers fan, which may endear him to the good people of Milwaukee, although perhaps not as much as his dominance in the ninth.
2017 Scouting reports have branded Knebel a potential back-end reliever, and 2016 stands as his first trial by fire. Knebel entered 40 percent of his appearances when the game was within one run and another 31 percent with two- or three-run leads. This proved to be a big test for Knebel, who was often spelled by manager Craig Counsell in favor of Jhan Marinez, Carlos Torres, Blaine Boyer or Tyler Thornburg when trouble showed. For this reason, six of Knebel’s 20 runs allowed were inherited runners scored, which leads one to ask whether the righty should have been allowed to work out of his own jams. Oddly enough, Knebel ratcheted up his big-rising fastball with more velocity and arm-side run in 2016, but could not draw more whiffs. If the trend holds, go bullish on Knebel taking his next step as a high-leverage reliever.
2016 Corey Knebel is a potential back-end reliever who stands 6-foot-4 with a mid-to-high-90s fastball and a no-shit curveball. With only that information provided, you already know he's a Texan.
2015 Half of the package the Rangers received from Detroit for Joakim Soria, the hard-throwing Texan (stop me if you've heard that before) has the potential to fire two plus-plus pitches, his fastball and curve, in a high-leverage bullpen role. Health willing, he could do that as soon as this season. Of course that's anything but a given considering Knebel was shut down in mid-August with the harbinger of doom that is a UCL sprain, though surgery is not currently planned and his rehabilitation progress has been encouraging. The raw skills are there for Knebel to choose his own entrance music. And no matter what, his place in baseball history is secure: He was selected with the first MLB draft pick to be included in a trade.
2014 Corey Knebel, a 2013 supplemental pick, wowed in his pro debut and even earned a special exemption to play in the Arizona Fall League. If left as a reliever, he could follow a fast-track path similar to that of Addison Reed.

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Corey Knebel has thrown 6,044 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Curve (77mph). He also rarely throws a Slider (86mph).