Jake Brentz

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Team: Kansas City Royals (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: September 14, 1994 in Ballwin, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 11th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Parkway South HS (Manchester, MO).

High School: Parkway South HS (Manchester, MO)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2023 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2023): 2.000 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: The Bledsoe Agency

Full Name: Jacob Steven Brentz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

5.19

69.1

WHIP

1.486

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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
2013	18	-2.5	Blue Jays	GULF	Rk	TOR	0	0		10.57	10.57	9	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	5	9	9	1	12	0	8	2	3	1	42	2.217	5.9	1.2	14.1	9.4	0.67
2014	19	-1.4	Blue Jays	GULF	Rk	TOR	1	3	.250	4.08	4.76	12	6	2	0	0	2	39.2	30	21	18	1	26	0	34	3	1	7	176	1.412	6.8	0.2	5.9	7.7	1.31
2015	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A-	TOR	1	2	.333	4.00	5.00	11	10	1	0	0	1	36.0	34	20	16	2	19	0	30	4	1	3	157	1.472	8.5	0.5	4.8	7.5	1.58
2015	20	-1.3	Everett	NORW	A-	SEA	1	1	.500	3.86	4.50	5	4	1	0	0	1	14.0	9	7	6	0	8	0	14	1	0	3	58	1.214	5.8	0.0	5.1	9.0	1.75
2015	20	-0.6	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	TOR	0	1	.000	4.09	5.32	6	6	0	0	0	0	22.0	25	13	10	2	11	0	16	3	1	0	99	1.636	10.2	0.8	4.5	6.5	1.45
2016	21		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A--A-AAA	SEA	4	2	.667	5.32	6.11	20	7	2	0	0	0	45.2	43	31	27	3	36	0	50	7	0	7	218	1.730	8.5	0.6	7.1	9.9	1.39
2016	21	-5.7	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	0		16.20	21.60	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	4	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	10	2.400	10.8	0.0	10.8	5.4	0.50
2016	21	-0.7	Clinton	MIDW	A	SEA	3	1	.750	4.35	4.35	8	0	1	0	0	0	10.1	7	5	5	0	6	0	14	1	0	3	46	1.258	6.1	0.0	5.2	12.2	2.33
2016	21	-0.2	Everett	NORW	A-	SEA	1	1	.500	5.08	5.88	10	7	0	0	0	0	33.2	34	22	19	3	28	0	35	5	0	3	162	1.842	9.1	0.8	7.5	9.4	1.25
2017	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	PIT	1	3	.250	4.50	4.95	33	0	9	0	0	2	40.0	30	22	20	3	24	0	49	2	2	5	176	1.350	6.8	0.7	5.4	11.0	2.04
2017	22	-2.3	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	0	1	.000	5.79	5.79	14	0	2	0	0	0	14.0	7	9	9	3	15	0	16	2	0	2	66	1.571	4.5	1.9	9.6	10.3	1.07
2017	22	-1.1	Bradenton	FLOR	A+	PIT	1	2	.333	3.81	4.50	19	0	7	0	0	2	26.0	23	13	11	0	9	0	33	0	2	3	110	1.231	8.0	0.0	3.1	11.4	3.67
2018	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	PIT	0	1	.000	9.92	10.74	31	0	9	0	0	0	32.2	37	39	36	2	39	0	45	0	0	6	176	2.327	10.2	0.6	10.7	12.4	1.15
2018	23	-1.4	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	0	1	.000	13.50	15.09	12	0	1	0	0	0	11.1	12	19	17	1	21	0	15	0	0	1	68	2.912	9.5	0.8	16.7	11.9	0.71
2018	23	0.0	Bradenton	FLOR	A+	PIT	0	0		8.02	8.44	19	0	8	0	0	0	21.1	25	20	19	1	18	0	30	0	0	5	108	2.016	10.5	0.4	7.6	12.7	1.67
2019	24		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA	KCR	1	1	.500	4.27	4.61	41	0	21	0	0	8	52.2	54	27	25	5	28	0	59	3	0	2	236	1.557	9.2	0.9	4.8	10.1	2.11
2019	24	-2.2	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	1	0	1.000	5.55	6.06	27	0	16	0	0	8	35.2	42	24	22	4	23	0	41	2	0	2	168	1.822	10.6	1.0	5.8	10.3	1.78
2019	24	-0.3	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	0	1	.000	0.77	0.77	9	0	4	0	0	0	11.2	6	1	1	0	3	0	13	1	0	0	45	0.771	4.6	0.0	2.3	10.0	4.33
2019	24	-0.2	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	0		3.38	3.38	5	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	6	2	2	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	23	1.500	10.1	1.7	3.4	8.4	2.50

2021	26	-2.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	5	2	.714	3.66	4.50	72	0	10	0	0	2	64.0	45	32	26	7	37	1	76	6	2	8	278	1.281	6.3	1.0	5.2	10.7	2.05
2022	27	2.5	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	0		27.00	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	6	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2022	27	-1.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	3	.000	23.63	25.31	8	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	11	15	14	1	10	0	9	1	0	2	38	3.938	18.6	1.7	16.9	15.2	0.90
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 (2 seasons)					Majors		5	5	.500	5.19	6.10	80	0	11	0	0	2	69.1	56	47	40	8	47	1	85	7	2	10	316	1.486	7.3	1.0	6.1	11.0	1.81
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		8	12	.400	5.43	6.06	159	23	44	0	0	13	255.1	234	172	154	17	185	0	276	22	7	31	1187	1.641	8.2	0.6	6.5	9.7	1.49
All Levels (9 Seasons)							13	17	.433	5.38	6.07	239	23	55	0	0	15	324.2	290	219	194	25	232	1	361	29	9	41	1503	1.608	8.0	0.7	6.4	10.0	1.56

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		1	0	1.000	6.03	6.75	29	0	17	0	0	8	37.1	44	28	25	4	25	0	42	3	0	3	178	1.848	10.6	1.0	6.0	10.1	1.68
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		0	3	.000	6.65	7.06	42	0	8	0	0	0	43.1	32	34	32	5	42	0	50	4	0	3	208	1.708	6.6	1.0	8.7	10.4	1.19
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		1	2	.333	5.70	6.27	38	0	15	0	0	2	47.1	48	33	30	1	27	0	63	0	2	8	218	1.585	9.1	0.2	5.1	12.0	2.33
A (1 season)					Minors		3	1	.750	4.35	4.35	8	0	1	0	0	0	10.1	7	5	5	0	6	0	14	1	0	3	46	1.258	6.1	0.0	5.2	12.2	2.33
A- (2 seasons)					Minors		2	2	.500	4.72	5.48	15	11	1	0	0	1	47.2	43	29	25	3	36	0	49	6	0	6	220	1.657	8.1	0.6	6.8	9.3	1.36
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		1	4	.200	4.80	5.58	27	12	2	0	0	2	69.1	60	43	37	4	49	0	58	8	5	8	317	1.572	7.8	0.5	6.4	7.5	1.18