15-Day IL
Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 7/19/2026
2026 Stats
W-L
1-3
ERA
4.84
WHIP
1.47
K
22
SV
6
Rest-of-Season Projections
Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in December of 2025. Traded to the Brewers in June of 2026.
Heads to IL
The Brewers placed Kuhnel on the 15-day injured list Saturday, retroactive to July 3, due to a right shoulder injury.
Analysis
Kuhnel has been struggling of late, giving up five runs (four earned) over three innings across his past three appearances. It's not clear if the shoulder issue impacted his performance, but he's now going to be out through at least the All-Star break. The Brewers recalled Craig Yoho from Triple-A Nashville in a corresponding move to fill Kuhnel's spot in the bullpen.
Kuhnel has been struggling of late, giving up five runs (four earned) over three innings across his past three appearances. It's not clear if the shoulder issue impacted his performance, but he's now going to be out through at least the All-Star break. The Brewers recalled Craig Yoho from Triple-A Nashville in a corresponding move to fill Kuhnel's spot in the bullpen.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
19
Last 5 Games
21
How many pitches does Joel Kuhnel generally throw?
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11-20
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121+
What part of the game does Joel Kuhnel generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-26%
BAA vs RHP
2026
-36%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .314 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 5 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .231 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .353 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 5 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .225 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .167 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .250 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-50%
ERA on Road
2026
-35%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 6.53 | 1.55 | 20.2 | 4.8 | 3.0 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 3.28 | 1.14 | 24.2 | 5.8 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2026Home | 5.94 | 1.68 | 16.2 | 5.4 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2026Away | 3.86 | 1.29 | 18.2 | 5.8 | 2.4 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 9.00 | 1.00 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.50 | 0.67 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Joel Kuhnel compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.83K/9
5.6BB/9
3.1HR/9
1.5Fastball
95.2 mphERA
4.84WHIP
1.47BABIP
.305GB/FB
2.26Left On Base
71.1%Exit Velocity
84.3 mphBarrels/BBE
3.9%Spin Rate
2257 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
26.7%Swinging Strike
9.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2021
2020
Shoulder discomfort in March lingered into summer camp, costing Kuhnel a chance to make the Reds' Opening Day roster. He ended up joining the club a couple times and totaling three appearances. It is essentially meaningless as a sample, but clearly the Reds did not like what they at the alternate site as they outrighted Kuhnel to Triple-A in October of 2020 after he cleared waivers. Kuhnel was used as a closer on the farm, collecting double-digit saves at three different levels, but it's unrealistic to think he could fill that role in the majors. Kuhnel will be focused simply on staying healthy and trying to get back onto the 40-man in 2021.
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Escapes with sixth save
Kuhnel earned the save in Wednesday's 6-5 win against the Reds, allowing one hit and two walks with no strikeouts over 1.1 scoreless innings.
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Logs first save as Brewer
Kuhnel earned a save against the Reds on Monday, allowing an unearned run on one hit over a scoreless inning of work.
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Dealt to Milwaukee
The Brewers acquired Kuhnel from the Athletics on Saturday in exchange for cash considerations.
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DFA'd following blowup game
The Athletics designated Kuhnel for assignment Friday.
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Tallies first win
Kuhnel (1-1) earned the win in Thursday's 3-2 victory over the Angels. He allowed a hit and a walk with no strikeouts over a scoreless inning.
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Looking like callup candidate
Kuhnel, who has posted a 2.12 ERA and 1.18 WHIP in 15 appearances since joining Triple-A Louisville, could be called up by the Reds later this season.
Analysis
The 24-year-old right-hander had a great run as the closer for Double-A Chattanooga to start the year, and he's only gotten better in terms of run prevention and BAA since his promotion to Louisville. The Reds' starting pitching has been great this season, but the bullpen has been shaky lately (14th in the NL in cumulative fWAR since the All-Star break), and David Hernandez in particular has really struggled. Kuhnel would be one option to bolster the relief corps, though he would need to be added to the 40-man roster.
The 24-year-old right-hander had a great run as the closer for Double-A Chattanooga to start the year, and he's only gotten better in terms of run prevention and BAA since his promotion to Louisville. The Reds' starting pitching has been great this season, but the bullpen has been shaky lately (14th in the NL in cumulative fWAR since the All-Star break), and David Hernandez in particular has really struggled. Kuhnel would be one option to bolster the relief corps, though he would need to be added to the 40-man roster.