Reiss Knehr #34

Served as a two-way player (SP/OF) during his three-year career at Fordham University, finishing in a tie for 2nd place on Frodham'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, New York, he played for the varsity baseball, soccer, basketball and football teams...Majored in Communications with a concentration in Media, Culture & Society.

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).