Joel Kuhnel or Luinder Avila

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Joel Kuhnel or Luinder Avila Player Statistics
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	35

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	70.0	35.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	71	38

Earned Runs	42	19

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	61	22

Walks	42	12

ERA	5.40	4.84

WHIP	1.61	1.42

Joel Kuhnel or Luinder Avila Player Projections
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.2	11.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	32	12

Earned Runs	18	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	30	8

Walks	15	3

ERA	4.73	4.10

WHIP	1.38	1.34

Joel Kuhnel or Luinder Avila Player Notes
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Luinder Avila will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Joel Kuhnel allowed two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning in his rehab appearance last Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Luinder Avila is scheduled to undergo testing on his forearm injury on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Joel Kuhnel was sent on a rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Luinder Avila allowed six earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two over 2.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Royals placed RHP Luinder Avila on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Luinder Avila allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out two over 4.1 innings in Sunday's win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
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Joel Kuhnel or Luinder Avila Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC			Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410