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Joel Kuhnel

Giants
Number #54
Position RP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 31
Height 6' 5"
Weight 290 lbs
Birth Place Goldsboro, NC
Born Feb 19, 1995

Key Insights

2026
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

50.7% of the contact against Kuhnel is on the ground and 25.3% of it is in the air.

146 tracked batted balls allowed.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Kuhnel's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 92.1 mph, against 85.6 off his cutter.

51 and 192 of them thrown.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league

Kuhnel averages 92.7 mph across his arsenal, 89th percentile in the league.

223 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 61st in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him

Right-handed hitters average 86.8 mph off the bat against Kuhnel and left-handers 91.0.

76 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 74 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field

48.3% of the balls put in play against Kuhnel have gone to centre field.

73 of 151 located batted balls allowed.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 89.3 mph off the bat against Kuhnel, 37th percentile.

223 pitches in 2026. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 340th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 19, 1995
Birth Place Goldsboro, NC
Height 6' 5"
Weight 290 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R
College/Draft UT Arlington