Joel Kuhnel allowed one hit, walked two batters, and hit another in a four-out save against the Reds on Wednesday.
Apart from the Brewers witchcraft in adding about three ticks to Kuhnel’s sinker, they’re now using him in high leverage. This was his second straight outing where he recorded a save and he literally saved the day in the eighth inning after the Reds scratched four runs across against Grant Anderson and Craig Yoho to make this a one-run game. Kuhnel calmed everything down that inning before loading the bases in the ninth and getting out of it with a timely double play. He has quickly moved into the circle of trust, but be advised that all of Trevor Megill, Abner Uribe, and Aaron Ashby had just worked two days in a row prior to this game, so at best Kuhnel is still captain of the B-team bullpen.
