Corey Knebel
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: CB-A, #39, Detroit Tigers | Texas
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 6.08 15 0 0 13.1 15 1.73
2021 4 0 2.45 27 4 3 25.2 30 0.97
2022 3 5 3.43 46 0 12 44.2 41 1.37
8 Seasons 13 16 3.26 312 4 72 306.2 407 1.24
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 15 0-0 6.08 13.1 15 1.73
2021 27 4-0 2.45 25.2 30 0.97
2022 46 3-5 3.43 44.2 41 1.37
8 Seasons 312 13-16 3.26 306.2 407 1.24
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 23 831 132 11 8.3 5.3 89.6 110.4 8.8 29.5 .210 .361 .320 .283 .353 37.9 27.8 8.1 3.22 3.26
2016 24 612 90 5 5.6 3.4 89.8 109.8 13.4 34.4 .222 .356 .305 .292 .354 38.9 26.2 11.0 4.68 3.56
2017 25 1359 141 8 5.7 2.6 86.4 113.1 15.5 29.8 .167 .273 .254 .249 .354 32.6 40.8 12.9 1.78 2.61
2018 26 989 109 11 10.1 4.9 91.7 112.4 10.0 30.3 .190 .339 .290 .279 .405 43.1 39.5 9.9 3.58 3.25
2020 28 263 39 5 12.8 8.1 86.9 111.0 19.7 33.3 .204 .404 .392 .313 .355 30.8 24.2 12.9 6.08 4.15
2021 29 399 62 3 4.8 3.0 90.1 118.4 12.2 35.5 .202 .321 .229 .264 .338 27.4 29.7 8.9 2.46 2.90
2022 30 795 123 7 5.7 3.6 88.7 112.8 15.0 30.9 .217 .346 .293 .303 .322 39.8 21.2 14.0 3.42 3.80
Player 5248 696 50 7.2 4.0 89.0 118.4 12.9 31.3 .198 .331 .289 .278 .355 36.8 31.9 11.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Knebel relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(69.8%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(27.2%) ,
Slider
(3.0%) ,


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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
2015 50.0 19.7 24.2 6.1 34.8 36.4 28.0 3.0 42.4 20.5 21.2 4.5 8.3 5.3
2016 43.3 24.4 25.6 6.7 31.1 36.7 32.2 3.3 32.2 26.7 27.8 3.3 5.6 3.4
2017 39.0 19.9 26.2 14.9 39.0 31.2 29.8 7.1 27.7 30.5 24.8 4.3 5.7 2.6
2018 49.5 25.7 20.2 4.6 33.0 36.7 30.3 0.9 34.9 21.1 26.6 6.4 10.1 4.9
2020 33.3 33.3 20.5 12.8 28.2 51.3 20.5 5.1 23.1 38.5 15.4 5.1 12.8 8.1
2021 45.2 21.0 24.2 8.1 35.5 41.9 21.0 0.0 35.5 27.4 21.0 9.7 4.8 3.0
2022 39.0 27.6 25.2 8.1 35.8 38.2 26.0 4.1 32.5 32.5 21.1 4.1 5.7 3.6
Player 43.5 23.6 24.1 8.6 34.8 37.1 27.9 3.6 33.5 27.2 23.3 5.0 7.2 4.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2022 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 555 95.6 12.5 1.3 9 3.8 -3.4 -47
2022 Curveball PHI R 216 78.7 62.5 8.0 15 10.3 1.2 13
2022 Slider PHI R 24 79.6 49.3 6.5 15 18.5 8.6 86
2021 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 232 96.3 12.8 0.8 6 5.6 -2.0 -26
2021 Curveball LAD R 167 79.9 59.2 6.2 12 11.9 2.8 31
2020 Curveball MIL R 89 78.1 61.3 6.5 12 13.1 3.4 35
2020 Changeup MIL R 5 87.6 29.0 0.1 1 13.8 0.5 4
2020 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 167 94.2 13.5 1.3 9 4.1 -3.1 -43
2018 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 701 96.9 12.9 1.1 8 3.5 -4.1 -54
2018 Curveball MIL R 287 81.6 58.5 7.4 14 10.0 1.9 24
2017 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 974 97.3 9.6 2.2 19 6.6 -1.5 -19
2017 Curveball MIL R 384 80.5 57.3 6.6 13 10.2 2.6 35
2016 Sinker MIL R 6 92.9 24.0 2.7 13 5.7 -7.3 -56
2016 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 411 95.9 14.4 0.2 1 5.1 -2.0 -28
2016 Changeup MIL R 4 95.2 16.7 -3.9 -19 12.4 1.6 15
2016 Curveball MIL R 162 80.9 58.0 6.2 12 11.7 2.4 25
2016 Slider MIL R 16 93.1 20.6 -3.6 -15 2.1 -4.4 -195
2015 Curveball MIL R 260 81.7 57.8 6.9 13 9.3 0.2 2
2015 Changeup MIL R 3 91.8 22.8 -1.2 -5 13.7 1.1 9
2015 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 558 95.5 13.9 0.6 4 4.4 -2.3 -35
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 7 555 69.8 144 .192 .342 .301 24.9 19.4 18.7 .212 .358 .316 45.2
2022 Curveball -2.7 -6 216 27.2 41 .237 .316 .296 31.8 24.4 14.1 .246 .325 .283 21.4
2022 Slider -3.3 -1 24 3.0 5 .200 .400 .250 50.0 60.0 37.5 .125 .213 .140 50.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 4 232 58.1 57 .167 .313 .269 32.8 31.6 25.4 .196 .334 .297 38.7
2021 Curveball 1.8 3 167 41.9 43 .186 .233 .188 28.6 27.9 20.0 .210 .305 .221 16.1
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -4 168 63.9 42 .351 .730 .483 19.2 19.0 16.7 .266 .552 .385 41.4
2020 Curveball 0.0 0 89 33.8 18 .133 .200 .236 26.7 27.8 17.9 .079 .093 .182 0.0
2020 Changeup 5.5 0 5 1.9 2 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2020 Sinker -8.1 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 701 70.9 162 .227 .447 .333 32.4 36.4 24.6 .209 .383 .305 44.6
2018 Curveball 1.4 4 287 29.0 60 .111 .185 .199 32.3 48.3 36.7 .144 .229 .214 40.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 17 974 71.7 237 .186 .309 .280 33.9 38.4 26.9 .183 .304 .275 35.4
2017 Curveball 2.1 8 384 28.3 66 .161 .177 .184 42.2 53.0 33.3 .118 .174 .160 22.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 4-Seam Fastball 555 95.6 91 17.5 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Knuckle Curve 212 78.7 90 23.6 7:00 7:00 0
2022 Slider 23 79.5 66 21.1 7:30 8:15 -45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 232 96.3 90 17.3 12:45 12:45 0
2021 Knuckle Curve 159 79.9 91 22.6 7:00 7:00 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 161 94.2 88 17.6 12:45 12:30 15
2020 Knuckle Curve 87 78.1 93 23.3 7:15 7:15 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 39 171 -2 1 -2 -1 -3
2015 208 827 3 7 -4 -1 5
2016 142 603 5 2 -6 -3 -2
2017 304 1,359 19 20 -7 -6 25
2018 256 1,127 13 9 -10 -3 9
2020 62 263 1 1 -3 -1 -3
2021 123 502 7 6 -2 -1 9
2022 190 795 4 10 -8 -6 1
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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 %
2015 831 52.3 65.1 85.9 26.3 51.9 41.3 57.9 46.6 23.0 8.4 72.9
2016 612 49.2 60.1 81.2 20.3 65.1 44.1 61.4 39.9 23.0 6.0 59.5
2017 1,359 48.7 62.7 69.4 26.0 53.0 43.3 52.0 43.9 35.1 6.7 73.6
2018 989 52.6 65.0 72.2 23.0 52.8 42.3 57.0 45.1 32.3 9.8 76.3
2020 263 48.3 58.3 85.1 21.3 55.2 38.4 50.0 39.2 21.4 6.1 81.3
2021 399 54.6 71.6 75.0 22.1 47.5 43.6 59.0 49.1 31.1 9.8 74.4
2022 795 47.3 64.9 80.3 26.5 55.0 40.8 57.4 44.7 27.0 7.3 74.1
Player 5,248 50.3 64.1 76.8 24.4 54.1 42.3 56.3 44.3 29.1 7.8 73.3
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2015 76 86 68 39 80 59 3 10 9 88 39 52 18 86 79 67 69
2016 88 63 67 73
2017 95 99 99 92 86 78 53 69 56 99 4 96 31 96 93 69 70
2018 82 94 82 49 78 68 5 1 3 99 24 90 4 95 95 72 67
2020 66 76 73 51
2021 88 87 86 60
2022 78 84 89 64
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.8 3 1.9 1 2 2 0 0.0
2017 21.9 6 6.0 0 4 2 4 66.7
2018 24.2 7 7.3 0 6 3 4 57.1
2020 25.0 4 4.0 0 2 2 2 50.0
2021 25.4 2 2.8 -1 0 4 0 0.0
2022 24.5 4 4.5 -1 2 1 4 100.0
Player 23.9 26 26.5 -1 16 14 14 53.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 1
2017 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 6 9 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 5
2018 7 8 5 8 7 7 7 8 6 6 6 8 9 7 7 10 7 8 7 7 7 7 9 9 6 7 6 8 9 7 6
2020 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 3
2021 2 4 0 4 4 3 4 3 3 0 2 4 3 1 4 4 3 3 2 4 1 3 4 4 3 1 4 3 3 2 1
2022 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 6 4 5 4
Player 26 29 19 29 28 28 29 28 22 20 24 32 27 23 27 31 26 28 26 27 26 25 31 32 25 23 27 30 28 26 20
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.5 95.9 0.4 ↑ 97.3 1.4 ↑ -- -0.4 ↓ -- -- 94.2 -- 96.3 2.1 ↑ 95.6 -0.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 91.8 95.2 3.4 ↑ 0.0 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 87.6 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.7 82.0 0.3 ↑ 80.5 -1.5 ↓ -- 1.1 ↑ -- -- 78.1 -- 79.9 1.8 ↑ 78.8 -1.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.6 89.8 0.2 ↑ 86.4 -3.4 ↓ -- 5.3 ↑ -- -- 86.9 -- 90.1 3.2 ↑ 88.7 -1.4 ↓
Launch Angle 8.8 13.4 4.6 ↑ 15.5 2.1 ↑ -- -5.5 ↓ -- -- 19.7 -- 12.2 -7.5 ↓ 15.0 2.8 ↑
Barrel % 8.3 5.6 -2.7 ↓ 5.7 0.1 ↑ -- 4.4 ↑ -- -- 12.8 -- 4.8 -8.0 ↓ 5.7 0.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 37.9 38.9 1.0 ↑ 32.6 -6.3 ↓ -- 10.5 ↑ -- -- 30.8 -- 27.4 -3.4 ↓ 39.8 12.4 ↑
Sweet Spot % 29.5 34.4 4.9 ↑ 29.8 -4.6 ↓ -- 0.5 ↑ -- -- 33.3 -- 35.5 2.2 ↑ 30.9 -4.6 ↓
xBA .210 .222 0.012 ↑ .167 -0.055 ↓ -- 0.023 ↑ -- -- .204 -- .202 -0.002 ↓ .217 0.015 ↑
BA .232 .252 0.020 ↑ .180 -0.072 ↓ -- 0.014 ↑ -- -- .278 -- .176 -0.102 ↓ .202 0.026 ↑
xwOBA .283 .292 0.009 ↑ .249 -0.043 ↓ -- 0.030 ↑ -- -- .313 -- .264 -0.049 ↓ .303 0.039 ↑
wOBA .320 .305 -0.015 ↓ .254 -0.051 ↓ -- 0.036 ↑ -- -- .392 -- .229 -0.163 ↓ .293 0.064 ↑
xSLG .361 .356 -0.005 ↓ .273 -0.083 ↓ -- 0.066 ↑ -- -- .404 -- .321 -0.083 ↓ .346 0.025 ↑
SLG .442 .370 -0.072 ↓ .277 -0.093 ↓ -- 0.095 ↑ -- -- .556 -- .275 -0.281 ↓ .337 0.062 ↑
K% 27.8 26.2 -1.6 ↓ 40.8 14.6 ↑ -- -1.3 ↓ -- -- 24.2 -- 29.7 5.5 ↑ 21.2 -8.5 ↓
BB% 8.1 11.0 2.9 ↑ 12.9 1.9 ↑ -- -3.0 ↓ -- -- 12.9 -- 8.9 -4.0 ↓ 14.0 5.1 ↑
Swing % 46.6 39.9 -6.7 ↓ 43.9 4.0 ↑ -- 1.2 ↑ -- -- 39.2 -- 49.1 9.9 ↑ 44.7 -4.4 ↓
Whiff% 23.0 23.0 0.0 35.1 12.1 ↑ -- -2.8 ↓ -- -- 21.4 -- 31.1 9.7 ↑ 27.0 -4.1 ↓
In Zone % 52.3 49.2 -3.1 ↓ 48.7 -0.5 ↓ -- 3.9 ↑ -- -- 48.3 -- 54.6 6.3 ↑ 47.3 -7.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.7 50.8 3.1 ↑ 51.3 0.5 ↑ -- -3.9 ↓ -- -- 51.7 -- 45.4 -6.3 ↓ 52.7 7.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.3 20.3 -6.0 ↓ 26.0 5.7 ↑ -- -3.0 ↓ -- -- 21.3 -- 22.1 0.8 ↑ 26.5 4.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.7 24.8 -3.9 ↓ 22.2 -2.6 ↓ -- 0.2 ↑ -- -- 22.6 -- 27.0 4.4 ↑ 29.5 2.5 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 57.9 61.4 3.5 ↑ 52.0 -9.4 ↓ -- 5.0 ↑ -- -- 50.0 -- 59.0 9.0 ↑ 57.4 -1.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 141 .307 72 13 18.1 69 25 36.2
2017 Shifts 304 .254 147 11 7.5 157 40 25.5
2018 Shifts 223 .290 108 7 6.5 115 23 20.0
2020 Shifts 62 .392 25 11 44.0 37 21 56.8
2021 Shifts 100 .229 52 30 57.7 48 45 93.8
2022 Shifts 187 .297 97 19 19.6 90 53 58.9
! 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 %
2014 18 17.2 22.2% 0.0% 71 23.2 0.0% 12.7%
2015 246 15.7 40.2% 1.6% 117 23.7 4.3% 19.7%
2016 182 20.2 12.6% 7.1% 113 26.5 3.5% 30.1%
2017 392 18.8 5.9% 2.8% 243 24.9 0.0% 18.9%
2018 300 19.1 6.7% 3.7% 157 24.6 0.0% 16.6%
2020 83 17.9 14.5% 1.2% 55 22.1 3.6% 3.6%
2021 116 20.1 0.0% 2.6% 63 27.1 0.0% 30.2%
2022 201 19.1 4.5% 4.0% 164 22.6 0.6% 8.5%
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Pitch Distribution

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