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Keone Kela

Rangers Career team 2015 to 2018
Number #11
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 33
Height 6' 1"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Los Angeles, CA
Born Apr 16, 1993

Key Insights

2021
The home runs are what is undoing his season

Kela has given up 3 tracked home runs, 3 of them to right field, the longest 399 feet.

3 tracked home runs allowed in 2021.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .412 expected average against them, against .290 on his breaking balls.

111 of his fastballs thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Kela's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 93.2 mph, against 87.5 off his curveball.

109 and 99 of them thrown.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him

Kela lives in the strike zone: 49.8% of his pitches are in it, 91st percentile.

219 pitches in 2021. 91st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 72nd in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Kela, 27th percentile.

219 pitches in 2021. 27th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 589th in MLB.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to

Kela's stuff spins at 2,400 rpm, 82nd percentile in the league.

219 pitches in 2021. 82nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 148th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

Pitch
Outcome
Batter
Situation
Single
Double
Triple
Home Run
Out
Vs All Pitchers
Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 16, 1993
Birth Place Los Angeles, CA
Height 6' 1"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Everett CC WA