Joel Kuhnel

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 290lb (196cm, 131kg)

Team: Toronto Blue Jays (minors, 40-man)

Born: February 19, 1995 in Goldsboro, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 11th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX).

High School: Sunrise Mountain HS (Peoria, AZ)

School: University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2022 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.097 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Full Name: Joel Kenneth Kuhnel

Pronunciation: \COO-null\

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.1

-0.6

ERA

18.00

6.30

2.0

85.2

WHIP

2.000

1.436

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2015	20	-0.7	Texas-Arlington	SBC	NCAA		4	4	.500	3.55	4.52	16	12			0	0	83.2	88	42	33	9	18	2	45	3	1	1	351	1.267	9.5	1.0	1.9	4.8	2.50
2016	21	0.1	Texas-Arlington	SBC	NCAA		6	4	.600	2.99	4.11	12	12		0	0	0	72.1	76	33	24	3	16	0	51	3	3	4	305	1.272	9.5	0.4	2.0	6.3	3.19
2016	21	-0.4	Billings	PION	Rk	CIN	0	1	.000	3.43	4.71	18	0	10	0	0	4	21.0	28	11	8	1	1	0	14	2	0	2	92	1.381	12.0	0.4	0.4	6.0	14.00
2017	22	0.1	Dayton	MIDW	A	CIN	2	4	.333	4.36	5.20	48	0	26	0	0	11	64.0	78	37	31	6	10	0	54	2	0	6	276	1.375	11.0	0.8	1.4	7.6	5.40
2018	23	0.0	Daytona	FLOR	A+	CIN	1	4	.200	3.04	3.88	44	0	35	0	0	17	53.1	54	23	18	2	11	2	56	3	0	4	225	1.219	9.1	0.3	1.9	9.5	5.09
2019	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CIN	5	3	.625	2.18	2.52	41	0	28	0	0	14	53.2	39	15	13	6	16	3	50	0	0	3	215	1.025	6.5	1.0	2.7	8.4	3.13
2019	24	-2.2	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	2	1	.667	2.00	2.50	16	0	11	0	0	4	18.0	13	5	4	1	8	0	20	0	0	1	73	1.167	6.5	0.5	4.0	10.0	2.50
2019	24	-0.3	Chattanooga	SOUL	AA	CIN	3	2	.600	2.27	2.52	25	0	17	0	0	10	35.2	26	10	9	5	8	3	30	0	0	2	142	0.953	6.6	1.3	2.0	7.6	3.75
2019	24	-4.3	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	0	1.000	4.66	4.66	11	0	2	0	0	0	9.2	8	5	5	1	5	0	9	0	0	0	42	1.345	7.4	0.9	4.7	8.4	1.80
2020	25	-3.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	0	1.000	6.00	6.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	1.333	12.0	6.0	0.0	9.0
2021	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	CIN	0	1	.000	1.13	1.13	8	1	1	0	0	1	8.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	31	0.875	6.8	1.1	1.1	12.4	11.00
2021	26	-1.0	Louisville	AAAE	AAA	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	15	0.750	4.5	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
2021	26	5.1	Reds	ACL	Rk	CIN	0	1	.000	2.25	2.25	4	1	1	0	0	1	4.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	16	1.000	9.0	2.3	0.0	18.0
2022	27	0.0	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	1	.000	2.61	2.61	10	0	7	0	0	3	10.1	9	3	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	42	0.968	7.8	0.9	0.9	6.1	7.00
2022	27	-2.2	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	2	3	.400	6.36	6.36	53	0	13	0	0	1	58.0	67	41	41	8	14	1	56	5	0	1	255	1.397	10.4	1.2	2.2	8.7	4.00
2023	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	HOU	2	3	.400	6.18	7.21	38	0	8	0	0	1	43.2	57	35	30	4	16	0	31	3	0	5	200	1.672	11.7	0.8	3.3	6.4	1.94
2023	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CIN	0	0		5.54	5.54	9	0	6	0	0	0	13.0	16	8	8	2	5	1	3	1	0	0	58	1.615	11.1	1.4	3.5	2.1	0.60
2023	28	1.1	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	1	2	.333	7.13	7.88	21	0	5	0	0	0	24.0	31	21	19	2	11	0	15	3	0	2	113	1.750	11.6	0.8	4.1	5.6	1.36
2023	28	0.7	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	1	1	.500	5.03	6.41	17	0	3	0	0	1	19.2	26	14	11	2	5	0	16	0	0	3	87	1.576	11.9	0.9	2.3	7.3	3.20
2023	28	-0.7	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	0	0		4.66	4.66	7	0	5	0	0	0	9.2	10	5	5	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	41	1.345	9.3	1.9	2.8	2.8	1.00
2023	28	-1.2	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	0		8.10	8.10	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
2024	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	HOU-TOR	4	1	.800	3.14	3.14	11	0	2	0	0	0	14.1	17	5	5	0	2	0	6	1	0	2	60	1.326	10.7	0.0	1.3	3.8	3.00
2024	29	1.3	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	4	1	.800	3.18	3.18	9	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	12	4	4	0	1	0	6	1	0	2	46	1.147	9.5	0.0	0.8	4.8	6.00
2024	29	1.8	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	0	0		3.00	3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	2.000	15.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
2024	29	-0.4	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		4	3	.571	6.30	6.30	77	0	22	0	0	1	85.2	99	60	60	13	24	2	72	7	0	1	379	1.436	10.4	1.4	2.5	7.6	3.00
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		14	18	.438	3.66	4.36	218	1	117	0	0	51	268.1	288	130	109	21	58	5	229	11	0	22	1141	1.289	9.7	0.7	1.9	7.7	3.95
College (2 seasons)					College		10	8	.556	3.29	4.33	28	24		0	0	0	156.0	164	75	57	12	34	2	96	6	4	5	656	1.269	9.5	0.7	2.0	5.5	2.82
All Levels (10 Seasons)							28	29	.491	3.99	4.68	323	25	139	0	0	52	510.0	551	265	226	46	116	9	397	24	4	28	2176	1.308	9.7	0.8	2.0	7.0	3.42

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		8	6	.571	4.18	4.78	79	0	28	0	0	8	90.1	98	48	42	6	28	0	67	4	0	8	390	1.395	9.8	0.6	2.8	6.7	2.39
AA (1 season)					Minors		3	2	.600	2.27	2.52	25	0	17	0	0	10	35.2	26	10	9	5	8	3	30	0	0	2	142	0.953	6.6	1.3	2.0	7.6	3.75
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	4	.200	3.04	3.88	44	0	35	0	0	17	53.1	54	23	18	2	11	2	56	3	0	4	225	1.219	9.1	0.3	1.9	9.5	5.09
A (1 season)					Minors		2	4	.333	4.36	5.20	48	0	26	0	0	11	64.0	78	37	31	6	10	0	54	2	0	6	276	1.375	11.0	0.8	1.4	7.6	5.40
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	2	.000	3.24	4.32	22	1	11	0	0	5	25.0	32	12	9	2	1	0	22	2	0	2	108	1.320	11.5	0.7	0.4	7.9	22.00