Joe Kelly Pitcher

     
 

Born: June 9, 1988
Anaheim, CA
Height: 6-1
Weight: 190
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 3rd round, 2009 by St. Louis
How Acquired: Acquired from St. Louis with Allen Craig for John Lackey, Corey Littrell and cash considerations (June 2014)
College: California - Riverside
High School: Corona HS (CA)

 Photo © Kelly O'Connor

Signed with Los Angeles (NL) (December 2018)

Scouting Report: Athletic righty. Came up as a starter, transitioned to the bullpen in 2016. Four-seam fastball sits in the 94-97 mph range, tops out at 99 mph.  Not a ton of movement on the pitch. Relies heavily on mid-90s sinker.   Also throws a 79-82 mph curveball,  a slider that can vary from 83 to 91 mph,  and a mid-80s changeup. Excels against lefties. Gritty. Good clubhouse presence. Able to work as a high leverage 7th inning reliever and occasionally an 8th inning bridge to the closer.

  
   
  Pitching Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs sv ip h r er hr bb so whip k/bb k/9
  2009 Batavia NYPL A- StL 21 2 3 0.400 4.75 16 2 1 30.3 33 23 16 0 11 30 1.45 2.73 8.90
  2010 Quad Cities Midw A StL 22 6 8 0.429 4.62 26 18 1 103.3 103 66 53 3 45 92 1.43 2.04 8.01
  2011 Palm Beach FSL A+ StL 23 5 2 0.714 2.60 12 11 0 72.7 56 26 21 1 34 62 1.24 1.82 7.68
  2011 Springfield Tex AA StL 23 6 4 0.600 5.01 11 11 0 59.3 70 40 33 7 25 51 1.60 2.04 7.74
  2012 Memphis PCL AAA StL 24 2 5 0.286 2.86 12 12 0 72.3 75 29 23 2 21 45 1.33 2.14 5.60
  2012 St. Louis NL MLB StL 24 5 7 0.417 3.53 24 16 0 107.0 112 50 42 10 36 75 1.38 2.08 6.31
  2013 St. Louis NL MLB StL 25 10 5 0.667 2.69 37 15 0 124.0 124 42 37 10 44 79 1.35 1.80 5.73
  2014 Memphis PCL AAA StL 26 0 0 --- 2.61 3 3 0 10.3 8 3 3 1 6 4 1.35 0.67 3.48
  2014 St. Louis NL MLB StL 26 2 2 0.500 4.37 7 7 0 35.0 41 19 17 3 10 25 1.46 2.50 6.43
  2014 Boston AL MLB Bos 26 4 2 0.667 4.11 10 10 0 61.3 47 29 28 5 32 41 1.29 1.28 6.02
  2015 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 27 1 1 0.500 2.84 4 4 0 19.0 14 7 6 1 6 18 1.05 3.00 8.53
  2015 Boston AL MLB Bos 27 10 6 0.625 4.82 25 25 0 134.3 145 76 72 15 49 110 1.44 2.24 7.37
  2016 Lowell NYPL A- Bos 28 0 0 --- 4.50 3 0 0 4.0 4 2 2 0 1 5 1.25 5.00 11.25
  2016 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 28 1 1 0.500 1.54 17 4 2 35.0 29 6 6 1 6 46 1.00 7.67 11.83
  2016 Boston AL MLB Bos 28 4 0 1.000 5.18 20 6 0 40.0 44 23 23 5 24 48 1.70 2.00 10.80
  2017 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 29 0 0 --- 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 --- 9.00
  2017 Boston AL MLB Bos 29 4 1 0.800 2.79 54 0 0 58.0 42 19 18 3 27 52 1.19 1.93 8.07
  2018 Boston AL MLB Bos 30 4 2 0.667 4.39 73 0 2 65.2 57 34 32 4 32 68 1.36 2.13 9.32
  2019 Los Angeles NL MLB LAD 31 5 4 0.556 4.56 55 0 1 51.1 49 31 26 6 22 62 1.38 2.80 10.87
  2020 Los Angeles NL MLB LAD 32 0 0 --- 1.80 12 1 0 10.0 8 3 2 0 7 9 1.50 1.29 8.10
  2021 Rancho Cucamonga LAW A LAD 33 0 0 --- 0.00 2 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.50 1.00 13.50
  2021 Los Angeles NL MLB LAD 33 2 0 1.000 2.86 48 0 2 44.0 28 16 14 3 15 50 0.98 3.33 10.20
  2022 Charlotte IL AAA CWS 34 0 0 --- 0.00 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.33 3.00 9.00
  2022 Chicago AL MLB CWS 34 1 3 0.250 6.08 43 1 1 37.0 36 26 25 2 23 53 1.59 2.30 12.89
  2023 Chicago AL MLB CWS 35 1 5 0.167 4.97 31 0 1 29.0 26 19 16 3 12 41 1.31 3.42 12.72
  2023 Rancho Cucamonga Cal A LAD 35 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.20 0.00 0.00
  2023 Los Angeles NL MLB LAD 35 1 0 1.000 1.74 11 0 0 10.1 3 3 2 0 6 19 0.87 3.17 16.55
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: June 28, 2009 (St. Louis)
Signing Bonus: $341,000
MiLB Debut: July 5, 2009 (Batavia)		 Added to 40-man: June 10, 2012 (St. Louis)
MLB Debut: June 10, 2012 (St. Louis)
     
  Awards
2011 Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star		 SoxProspects.com Awards
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