Reiss Knehr #17

Served as a two-way player (SP/OF) during his thre-year career at Fordham University, finishing in a tie for second place on Fordham's career strikeouts list (218)...his 2.93 career ERA ranks 10th in the school's history...Earned Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week on May 14, 2018, after throwing a complete game, four-hit shutout at Massachusetts with a season-high 10 strikeouts...A multi-sport athlete at St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay, N.Y., he played for the varsity baseball, soccer, basketball and football teams...Majored in Communications with a concentration in Media, Culture & Society.

2022

Made five appearances for the Padres in 2022, posting a 3.95 ERA (6 ER, 13.2 IP) with a .216 opponent clip and 10 strikeouts against four walks... four of his five MLB appearances in ‘22 came against Colorado, including one start on August 2 in Game 2 of the doubleheader (3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER)... In his three relief outings vs. COL in ’22 (June 11, June 17 and July 12), he tossed a combined 8.1-shutout innings of three-hit ball with seven strikeouts and no walks... Per Statcast, Knehr relied on six pitches in ’22 at the ML level: 4-Seam Fastball (25.2%), Sinker (25.2%), Curveball (20.2%), Changeup (19%), Cutter (5.4%) and Slider (5%)...Spent the entirety of his minor league season at the AAA level for the first time, posting MiLB career highs in appearances (32), innings pitched (87.2) and strikeouts (92) to go along with a 6.88 ERA (67 ER, 87.2 IP)...Tagged with the loss in three of his first four appearances from April 10-27 (7.91 ERA) before earning the win in back-to-back starts at Sugar Land on May 3 and May 8... Posted 6.2 consecutive scoreless innings across seven relief appearances from June 29-July 17, going 1-0 and recording his lone save of the season on July 9 at Sugar Land.

2021

Split his season between SD, El Paso (AAA) and San Antonio (AA), making 19 combined MiLB appearances (16 starts) with a 3.57 ERA and 12 appearances (5 starts) for SD with a 4.97 ERA...Had his contract selected July 9 from Double-A prior to making a Triple-A appearance and made his ML debut that same day with a start vs. COL…allowed two runs on three hits, striking out three and walking four in SD’s 4-2 victory… was optioned to ELP the following day, one of five options throughout the season...In his five starts for SD, he went 0-2 with a 6.46 ERA (11 ER, 15.1 IP) and .246 opp. AVG…in his seven relief appearances, he went 1-0 with a 3.29 ERA (5 ER, 13.2 IP) and .191 opp. AVG...Recalled from ELP as the 27th man to start the back end of a doubleheader July 21 @ ATL (1.2 IP, H, 3 ER), but the game was suspended due to rain…the game was resumed in San Diego at Petco Park as part of a doubleheader Sept. 24, and Knehr was recalled as the 29th man to start the originally scheduled game on the back end of the doubleheader, tossing a career-high 4.0 IP (5 H, 3 ER)...Earned his first ML victory Aug. 15 @ ARI (2.0 IP, 3 H, ER)...While in the big leagues, limited LHH to a .182 AVG while RHH batted .250...Began the season with San Antonio (AA), going 6-1 with a 3.90 ERA across 11 starts…made eight appearances (5 starts) for the Chihuahuas, going 0-2 with a 2.66 ERA (6 ER, 20.1 IP)…from Aug. 27-Sept. 20, he made six app. (3 starts) for ELP, going 0-1 with one save and a 3.09 ERA...Earned Triple-A West Pitcher of the Week honors Aug. 1...Relied on four pitches: 4-Seam Fastball (55%), Changeup (23%), Cutter 15%) and Slider (8%)...His 4-seamer averaged 93.5 mph with opponents hitting .169 off it…they hit .190 vs. his changeup, .333 vs. his slider and .429 vs. his cutter.

2020

Was not a part of the Padres' 60-man player pool in 2020.

2019

Spent the entire campaign with Lake Elsinore (A), going 3-5 with a 5.43 ERA (40 ER, 66.1 IP) in 17 app (12 starts)...Earned his 1st save of 2019 and the third of his career in his 1st outing on May 31 vs. San Jose...tossed a scoreless 8th inning in his 2nd outing in LE's 9-3 defeat on June 4...Over his next 7 outings (6 starts) from June 8-July 17, went 3-2 with a 2.88 ERA (11 ER, 34.1 IP) with a 12.05 SO/9 ratio and .217 opp. AVG...Posted a career-high 10 strikeouts twice in 3 appearances...struck out 10 in LE's 10-0 victory vs. Lancaster on July 4...struck out another 10 13 days later on July 17 vs. Modesto in a career-high 8.0 IP in the Storm's 4-1 extra inning defeat...Knehr did not start the game, but pitched the 3rd thru 10th innings, allowing just 5 hits...Went 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA (28 ER, 28.0 IP) in his final 8 appearances (6 starts ) of the campaign...he allowed 9 runs (8 earned) across 4.1 IP on July 23, 8 runs (all earned) in 1.0 inning of relief on Aug. 4 and 8 runs (6 earned) in 5.2 IP on Aug. 14...excluding those 3 outings, he posted a 2.93 ERA (18 ER, 55.1 IP) with a .229 opp. AVG.

2018

Made his professional debut with 12 relief appearanes for the Rookie-Level AZL Padres 1, going 3-0 with a 2.84 ERA (6 ER, 19.0 IP), 25 SO against 8 BB and a .167 opp. AVG...Converted both of his 1st 2 professional save opportunities on July 14 and 18...Promoted to Fort Wayne (A) on Aug. 4 and took his only loss of the campaign in his TinCaps debut that same day vs. Lansing, allowing 3 runs on 2 hits in the 7th inning in FW's eventual 5-3 defeat...Overall for FW, went 0-1 with a 4.02 ERA (7 ER, 15.2 IP) and a .241 opp. AVG in 8 appearances (1 start).