The Brewers signed right-handed pitcher Reiss Knehr to a minor league deal yesterday, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. He has been assigned to the Arizona Complex League (ACL) Brewers squad, likely in an effort to build up following an injury-shortened (yet still effective) showing at Triple-A El Paso in 2025. He would presumably fill out the upper minors of Milwaukee’s system as an emergency starter or long-relief depth option. Knehr is represented by ACES.
Knehr, a former 20th-round pick by the San Diego Padres, has seen only limited major league action. Across three seasons (2021-2023) for the big league club, Knehr appeared in 21 games and tossed 48 1/3-innings, primarily out of the bullpen. However, he did make seven starts; he could serve in a similar spot starter/opener role for the Brewers in the event of injuries to the Major League staff.
His 5.96 ERA is unsightly. MLB batters facing Knehr struck out at only a 15.5% clip, walked at an elevated 13.2% rate, and put the ball on the ground only 32.0% of the time (all well below-average metrics for an MLB pitcher). Knehr’s career 5.75 SIERA, a backwards-looking ERA estimator, is only slightly below his career ERA, suggesting his results are not due to misfortune or the flukiness of a small sample size.
Unfortunately, Tommy John surgery ended Knehr’s 2023 and 2024 seasons prematurely. He returned on a minor league deal with San Diego during the 2024 offseason and generated velocity improvements to his fastball (+1.2 MPH), cutter (+1.4 MPH), and sinker (+2.0 MPH), resulting in a career-high 36.9% K% in 16.2 Triple-A innings, but did not receive a call-up to the big league club. He spent the latter parts of the season on the minor league injured list, not making an appearance after May 21st.
After electing free agency at the end of the 2025 season, Knehr will continue his MLB comeback with an organization that has a knack for pitching development. And while Knehr is far from a sure thing for the Brewers, he represents a risk-free minor league signing. If he makes the team, he is out of options but can be retained for five years should he make an impact on the major league roster.
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