Chad Kuhl
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 200LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 9, #269, Pittsburgh Pirates | Delaware
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 6 11 5.72 27 27 0 137 110 1.55
2023 0 4 8.45 16 5 1 38.1 31 1.96
2024 0 2 5.06 31 1 1 53.1 54 1.52
8 Seasons 31 47 4.98 174 117 2 668.1 590 1.49
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 27 6-11 5.72 137 110 1.55
2023 16 0-4 8.45 38.1 31 1.96
2024 31 0-2 5.06 53.1 54 1.52
8 Seasons 174 31-47 4.98 668.1 590 1.49
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2016 23 1141 224 11 4.9 3.7 88.9 112.2 11.6 32.1 .252 .414 .326 .319 .357 34.4 17.6 6.6 4.20 4.31
2017 24 2686 460 26 5.7 3.8 88.8 117.1 11.6 36.7 .262 .419 .338 .332 .380 38.6 20.9 10.6 4.35 4.80
2018 25 1435 255 27 10.6 7.2 90.5 111.4 14.2 40.8 .282 .509 .345 .369 .444 38.8 21.7 8.8 4.55 6.04
2020 27 789 122 16 13.1 8.1 89.5 114.5 14.4 33.6 .270 .507 .322 .385 .447 39.3 22.3 14.2 4.27 6.69
2021 28 1436 223 16 7.2 4.6 88.6 110.9 11.5 32.3 .241 .405 .347 .334 .363 37.2 21.5 12.0 4.82 4.79
2022 29 2375 444 43 9.7 7.0 90.5 117.2 15.8 36.0 .272 .464 .368 .351 .391 44.6 17.8 9.4 5.71 5.28
2023 30 770 125 15 12.0 8.0 92.2 113.2 17.6 44.0 .311 .603 .412 .430 .475 50.4 16.6 15.0 8.45 8.79
2024 31 980 154 9 5.8 3.8 88.4 110.1 10.2 33.8 .241 .365 .343 .317 .355 38.3 22.5 10.4 5.06 4.22
Player 11612 2007 163 8.1 5.5 89.6 117.2 13.3 36.1 .265 .450 .349 .348 .394 40.1 20.0 10.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kuhl relies on 6 pitches.
Slider
(35.6%) ,
Sinker
(23.2%) ,
Changeup
(12.6%) ,
Sweeper
(10.3%) ,
Cutter
(9.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(9.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 45.5 18.8 26.3 9.4 42.4 32.1 24.6 3.1 32.1 23.2 21.9 7.6 4.9 3.7
2017 42.8 20.9 29.6 6.7 32.4 39.3 28.0 4.1 30.9 23.3 27.4 6.5 5.7 3.8
2018 41.2 25.9 26.7 6.3 34.9 36.5 28.6 1.6 29.0 23.9 23.1 7.5 10.6 7.2
2020 44.3 25.4 26.2 4.1 41.0 39.3 19.7 4.9 29.5 21.3 27.9 3.3 13.1 8.1
2021 45.3 25.6 24.7 4.5 45.7 32.7 21.5 4.9 36.8 24.2 18.8 8.1 7.2 4.6
2022 37.4 26.4 29.3 7.0 40.3 35.4 24.3 4.3 26.4 27.5 25.2 7.0 9.7 7.0
2023 31.2 36.8 28.0 4.0 41.6 32.8 25.6 2.4 22.4 25.6 23.2 14.4 12.0 8.0
2024 46.1 24.0 25.3 4.5 38.3 35.7 26.0 7.8 29.9 23.4 27.9 4.5 5.8 3.8
Player 41.6 24.5 27.6 6.3 38.6 35.9 25.4 4.0 29.7 24.4 24.6 7.2 8.1 5.5
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Slider CWS R 349 86.9 35.2 0.7 4.8GLV 0.2 0.9 0.7 4.8GLV -0.3
2024 Sweeper CWS R 101 78.8 43.4 1.9 15.5GLV 0.5 1.0 0.6 15.5GLV 1.2
2024 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 89 95.0 19.5 -4.0 14.0ARM 5.2 10.9 -4.9 14.0ARM 6.5
2024 Cutter CWS R 91 91.5 23.3 0.5 2.6ARM -4.1 9.2 0.9 2.6ARM -5.3
2024 Changeup CWS R 123 87.4 35.4 2.4 14.6ARM -0.2 0.3 4.6 14.6ARM 0.4
2024 Sinker CWS R 227 94.0 26.1 1.9 15.8ARM 0.3 4.9 2.4 15.8ARM 1.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 57 93.4 15.3 -0.2 8.0ARM 1.4 16.0 0.2 8.0ARM 0.6
2023 Sweeper WSH R 1 80.9 58.0 17.2 12.5GLV -2.1 -15.6 17.1 12.5GLV -1.6
2023 Slider WSH R 331 85.4 37.3 1.3 4.5GLV -0.3 0.0 1.5 4.5GLV -0.8
2023 Curveball WSH R 72 78.7 55.1 0.4 9.8GLV 0.5 -10.7 0.8 9.8GLV 0.9
2023 Changeup WSH R 32 87.0 28.7 -1.4 13.9ARM -0.6 7.4 -2.0 13.9ARM -0.5
2023 Cutter WSH R 5 88.9 33.3 -5.9 6.0GLV 3.1 1.4 -6.5 6.0GLV 3.4
2023 Sinker WSH R 272 93.7 15.9 -5.8 12.3ARM -2.6 15.3 -7.7 12.3ARM -2.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 Slider -0.2 -1 349 35.6 96 .221 .279 .270 35.4 30.2 22.7 .210 .310 .264 23.7
2024 Sinker -2.3 -5 227 23.2 61 .404 .723 .530 12.6 6.6 17.4 .360 .555 .463 62.8
2024 Changeup -2.4 -3 123 12.6 38 .324 .412 .343 23.7 15.8 21.4 .214 .269 .253 41.4
2024 Sweeper 2.3 2 101 10.3 19 .000 .000 .074 27.8 36.8 13.2 .067 .076 .131 0.0
2024 Cutter -1.7 -2 91 9.3 12 .500 .875 .625 20.0 0.0 0.0 .575 1.003 .682 50.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -3.3 -3 89 9.1 13 .231 .385 .262 31.3 61.5 16.0 .119 .287 .170 40.0
2023 Slider 0.7 2 331 43.0 95 .235 .482 .336 34.6 28.4 23.5 .235 .488 .339 45.8
2023 Sinker -4.5 -12 272 35.3 57 .459 .703 .544 17.0 5.3 6.3 .486 .970 .631 75.7
2023 Curveball -5.5 -4 72 9.4 18 .375 .750 .469 22.2 5.6 4.3 .298 .505 .313 29.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -1 57 7.4 11 .250 .375 .468 9.5 0.0 0.0 .285 .390 .403 37.5
2023 Changeup -1.7 -1 32 4.2 4 .500 .750 .538 12.5 0.0 0.0 .413 .481 .386 0.0
2023 Cutter 1.2 0 5 0.6 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Sweeper 0.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 117 87.4 90 15.6 2:15 3:15 -60
2024 Cutter 90 91.5 58 9.1 1:00 12:30 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 87 95.0 94 17.9 2:00 1:45 15
2024 Sinker 222 94.0 93 17.1 2:00 2:30 -30
2024 Slider 348 86.9 29 5.6 9:45 9:00 45
2024 Sweeper 100 78.8 64 16.5 8:30 9:00 -30
2023 Changeup 32 87.0 97 15.9 1:45 2:15 -30
2023 Curveball 72 78.7 71 16.9 7:45 7:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 57 93.4 97 17.6 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Sinker 266 93.7 98 19.6 1:15 1:30 -15
2023 Slider 324 85.3 33 5.5 9:30 8:30 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 301 1,140 7 5 -7 -4 1
2017 671 2,681 13 10 -17 -12 -6
2018 371 1,432 0 14 -10 -6 -2
2020 197 789 3 10 -6 -5 2
2021 349 1,436 8 8 -10 -12 -6
2022 616 2,372 -8 3 -12 -13 -31
2023 185 770 -2 -3 -7 -4 -16
2024 239 980 1 2 -7 -7 -11
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 1,141 48.6 67.0 85.5 25.1 61.2 41.7 57.1 45.5 20.4 9.0 75.7
2017 2,686 48.9 66.3 82.6 24.5 58.5 41.3 58.2 44.9 23.1 7.9 78.3
2018 1,435 50.1 67.8 81.7 21.0 54.0 38.1 56.2 44.5 23.4 8.4 71.7
2020 789 45.0 60.3 82.2 22.8 51.5 39.8 52.3 39.7 27.2 5.7 55.6
2021 1,436 46.0 64.2 79.7 22.3 54.3 37.5 51.6 41.6 27.1 8.2 75.4
2022 2,375 47.7 67.9 84.4 25.1 55.8 40.5 59.6 45.5 23.6 7.3 79.2
2023 770 45.8 65.4 81.8 20.4 49.4 38.6 51.9 41.0 26.6 7.9 77.0
2024 980 45.1 67.6 80.6 21.4 50.4 40.3 58.6 42.2 27.1 5.7 82.1
Player 11,612 47.6 66.3 82.6 23.3 55.5 39.9 56.6 43.8 24.2 7.7 75.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2016 39 43 41 43 48 65 71 37 52 24 69 26 11 57 13 86
2017 28 30 40 50 15 21 53 12 8 43 17 40 19 84 33 95 72
2018 1 6 1 2 7 24 2 3 21 47 40 39 1 83 39 95 61
2020 6 22 11 10 6 4 5 28 36 44 8 52 13 60 8 77 85
2021 24 47 45 45 12 54 58 54 62 34 12 56 3 63 19 77 82
2022 7 8 6 6 10 5 12 7 9 18 28 29 9 32 26 91 53
2023 44 44 86 73
2024 38 46 67 78 14 88 82 62 53 46 20 63 1 54 24 51
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.4 7 10.0 -3 4 8 5 71.4
2017 22.1 17 12.1 5 10 10 4 23.5
2018 23.2 14 17.1 -3 6 14 7 50.0
2020 22.3 8 9.5 -2 1 9 4 50.0
2021 23.4 13 13.2 0 2 11 5 38.5
2022 23.9 25 22.9 2 6 16 12 48.0
2023 24.7 8 8.9 -1 5 4 6 75.0
2024 23.9 5 3.3 2 4 3 1 20.0
Player 23.3 97 97.0 0 38 75 44 45.4
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 7 9 8 13 11 11 13 9 11 7 10 11 10 8 12 11 6 9 9 12 8 7 14 13 8 9 11 15 10 10 6
2017 17 13 11 12 12 10 15 12 9 8 11 14 15 14 12 14 11 8 14 12 15 9 15 12 14 10 10 17 17 12 6
2018 14 23 13 16 19 15 20 16 14 13 16 21 19 14 15 18 15 15 17 21 18 18 22 21 14 14 16 22 21 17 10
2020 8 12 9 10 12 8 12 8 11 6 7 12 10 6 12 10 10 9 7 13 7 12 13 7 8 7 12 12 9 9 5
2021 13 15 11 13 14 13 16 15 12 9 12 16 13 11 15 13 13 14 13 14 13 12 17 15 11 10 16 16 14 12 8
2022 25 21 22 21 24 25 26 21 16 17 22 24 24 22 26 25 24 24 20 25 22 24 29 24 20 18 26 29 23 24 19
2023 8 9 7 9 9 7 10 7 9 6 7 10 9 7 10 9 9 7 10 12 9 11 14 11 7 7 9 9 11 8 7
2024 5 4 2 5 4 4 4 2 3 2 3 4 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 5 3 4 7 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Player 97 106 83 99 105 93 116 90 85 68 88 112 104 84 106 102 91 88 92 114 95 97 131 107 84 77 103 123 108 95 64
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.4 95.4 2.0 ↑ -- -0.1 ↓ -- -- 93.9 -- 94.2 0.3 ↑ 92.8 -1.4 ↓ 93.6 0.8 ↑ 93.6 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 85.7 88.7 3.0 ↑ -- 1.0 ↑ -- -- 88.2 -- 88.3 0.1 ↑ 87.9 -0.4 ↓ 87.0 -0.9 ↓ 87.4 0.4 ↑
Breaking Velocity 87.2 87.1 -0.1 ↓ -- -1.3 ↓ -- -- 85.6 -- 86.7 1.1 ↑ 84.9 -1.8 ↓ 84.2 -0.7 ↓ 85.0 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.9 88.8 -0.1 ↓ -- 1.7 ↑ -- -- 89.5 -- 88.6 -0.9 ↓ 90.5 1.9 ↑ 92.2 1.7 ↑ 88.4 -3.8 ↓
Launch Angle 11.6 11.6 0.0 -- 2.6 ↑ -- -- 14.4 -- 11.5 -2.9 ↓ 15.8 4.3 ↑ 17.6 1.8 ↑ 10.2 -7.4 ↓
Barrel % 4.9 5.7 0.8 ↑ -- 4.9 ↑ -- -- 13.1 -- 7.2 -5.9 ↓ 9.7 2.5 ↑ 12.0 2.3 ↑ 5.8 -6.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.4 38.6 4.2 ↑ -- 0.2 ↑ -- -- 39.3 -- 37.2 -2.1 ↓ 44.6 7.4 ↑ 50.4 5.8 ↑ 38.3 -12.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.1 36.7 4.6 ↑ -- 4.1 ↑ -- -- 33.6 -- 32.3 -1.3 ↓ 36.0 3.7 ↑ 44.0 8.0 ↑ 33.8 -10.2 ↓
xBA .252 .262 0.010 ↑ -- 0.020 ↑ -- -- .270 -- .241 -0.029 ↓ .272 0.031 ↑ .311 0.039 ↑ .241 -0.070 ↓
BA .267 .269 0.002 ↑ -- 0.006 ↑ -- -- .212 -- .252 0.040 ↑ .284 0.032 ↑ .313 0.029 ↑ .273 -0.040 ↓
xwOBA .319 .332 0.013 ↑ -- 0.037 ↑ -- -- .385 -- .334 -0.051 ↓ .351 0.017 ↑ .430 0.079 ↑ .317 -0.113 ↓
wOBA .326 .338 0.012 ↑ -- 0.007 ↑ -- -- .322 -- .347 0.025 ↑ .368 0.021 ↑ .412 0.044 ↑ .343 -0.069 ↓
xSLG .414 .419 0.005 ↑ -- 0.090 ↑ -- -- .507 -- .405 -0.102 ↓ .464 0.059 ↑ .603 0.139 ↑ .365 -0.238 ↓
SLG .432 .441 0.009 ↑ -- 0.022 ↑ -- -- .394 -- .445 0.051 ↑ .500 0.055 ↑ .567 0.067 ↑ .410 -0.157 ↓
K% 17.6 20.9 3.3 ↑ -- 0.8 ↑ -- -- 22.3 -- 21.5 -0.8 ↓ 17.8 -3.7 ↓ 16.6 -1.2 ↓ 22.5 5.9 ↑
BB% 6.6 10.6 4.0 ↑ -- -1.8 ↓ -- -- 14.2 -- 12.0 -2.2 ↓ 9.4 -2.6 ↓ 15.0 5.6 ↑ 10.4 -4.6 ↓
Swing % 45.5 44.9 -0.6 ↓ -- -0.4 ↓ -- -- 39.7 -- 41.6 1.9 ↑ 45.5 3.9 ↑ 41.0 -4.5 ↓ 42.2 1.2 ↑
Whiff% 20.4 23.1 2.7 ↑ -- 0.3 ↑ -- -- 27.2 -- 27.1 -0.1 ↓ 23.6 -3.5 ↓ 26.6 3.0 ↑ 27.1 0.5 ↑
In Zone % 48.6 48.9 0.3 ↑ -- 1.2 ↑ -- -- 45.0 -- 46.0 1.0 ↑ 47.7 1.7 ↑ 45.8 -1.9 ↓ 45.1 -0.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.4 51.1 -0.3 ↓ -- -1.2 ↓ -- -- 55.0 -- 54.0 -1.0 ↓ 52.3 -1.7 ↓ 54.2 1.9 ↑ 54.9 0.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.1 24.5 -0.6 ↓ -- -3.5 ↓ -- -- 22.8 -- 22.3 -0.5 ↓ 25.1 2.8 ↑ 20.4 -4.7 ↓ 21.4 1.0 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.6 27.8 0.2 ↑ -- 3.1 ↑ -- -- 18.8 -- 21.2 2.4 ↑ 28.8 7.6 ↑ 25.7 -3.1 ↓ 26.8 1.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 58.2 1.1 ↑ -- -2.0 ↓ -- -- 52.3 -- 51.6 -0.7 ↓ 59.6 8.0 ↑ 51.9 -7.7 ↓ 58.6 6.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 281 .316 150 19 12.7 131 21 16.0
2017 Shifts 671 .339 343 27 7.9 328 73 22.3
2018 Shifts 372 .345 180 14 7.8 192 38 19.8
2020 Shifts 197 .322 87 50 57.5 110 69 62.7
2021 Shifts 349 .347 184 25 13.6 165 95 57.6
2022 Shifts 616 .368 278 37 13.3 338 112 33.1
2023 Shades 185 .412 94 2 2.1 91 1 1.1
2024 Shades 238 .344 118 17 14.4 120 50 41.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2016 365 15.5 45.8% 1.1% 185 25.5 5.4% 30.3%
2017 795 14.4 55.6% 1.1% 481 23.0 0.2% 11.2%
2018 437 14.8 52.2% 0.7% 253 22.8 1.6% 9.9%
2020 258 16.1 36.0% 1.2% 143 24.4 0.0% 10.5%
2021 416 16.5 30.8% 3.1% 289 24.3 0.0% 13.1%
2022 717 16.1 33.8% 1.5% 406 24.0 0.5% 10.8%
2023 208 13.8 69.7% 0.0% 166 18.2 7.8% 1.2%
2024 279 14.1 64.5% 0.4% 199 17.7 14.1% 0.5%

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Pitch Distribution

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