Win–loss record 2–2 Role Baseball pitcher Earned run average 4.41 Weight 104 kg | Strikeouts 102 Salary 507,500 USD (2015) Name Tommy Kahnle Date joined December 12, 2013 | |
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Current team Chicago White Sox (Pitcher) Similar People Rex Brothers, Walt Weiss, Jeff Bridich | ||
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Thomas Robert Kahnle (born August 7, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago White Sox.
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Player Spotlight: Tommy Kahnle
Career
Kahnle played high school baseball at Shaker High School in Latham, New York and college baseball at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.
Kahnle made his professional debut for the Staten Island Yankees in 2010. He appeared in 11 games and had a 0.56 earned run average and 25 strikeouts over 16 innings pitched. He played for the Charleston RiverDogs in 2011, recording a 4.22 ERA and 112 strikeouts over 81 innings. He spent the 2012 season between the Tampa Yankees and Trenton Thunder. He had a 2.37 ERA with 74 strikeouts in 57 innings.
The Yankees invited Kahnle to spring training in 2013. He was an Eastern League All-Star in 2013 and finished the season with a 2.85 ERA and 74 strikeouts over 60 innings.
The Colorado Rockies selected Kahnle from the Yankees in the 2013 Rule 5 Draft. He opened the 2014 season on the Rockies' Opening Day roster, and made his major league debut on April 3. He would finish the season appearing in 54 games with a 4.19 ERA in 68 plus innings. The following season, Kahnle spent half the season in the minors, only appearing in 36 games for the Rockies while recording 2 saves. Kahnle was designated for assignment following the 2015 season, and traded to the Chicago White Sox for Yency Almonte on November 24, 2015. In his first season with the White Sox, Kahnle appeared in just 29 games but lowered his ERA to 2.63.
Through the first half of the 2017 season, Kahnle was enjoying a career year, posting a 2.50 ERA while striking out 60 batters in just 36 innings and lowering his walk rate from the previous 3 seasons. On July 18, 2017, the White Sox traded Kahnle, Todd Frazier, and David Robertson to the New York Yankees for Blake Rutherford, Tyler Clippard, Ian Clarkin, and Tito Polo. On August 24, 2017, Kahnle was ejected for the first time in his career after throwing a pitch behind Miguel Cabrera, leading up to Joe Girardi's Ejection and an altercation between Austin Romine and Miguel Cabrera, triggering a Bench-clearing brawl.