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Max Kranick

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: July 21, 1997 in Scranton, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from Valley View HS (Archbald, PA).

High School: Valley View HS (Archbald, PA)

Rookie Status: Still Intact through 2024

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.143 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Agents: Ballengee Group

Full Name: Max Joseph Kranick

Pronunciation: \KRAN-ick\

Twitter: @MaxKranick

Instagram: @kranick_7

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

ERA

5.56

43.2

WHIP

1.649

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2016	18	-2.6	Pirates	GULF	Rk	PIT	1	2	.333	2.43	3.51	9	6	1	0	0	0	33.1	31	13	9	1	4	0	21	0	0	1	130	1.050	8.4	0.3	1.1	5.7	5.25
2017	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk	PIT	1	0	1.000	1.11	3.70	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.1	22	10	3	1	6	0	18	2	0	0	100	1.151	8.1	0.4	2.2	6.7	3.00
2017	19	-1.4	Pirates	GULF	Rk	PIT	0	0		0.00	4.26	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	12	6	0	0	4	0	9	1	0	0	53	1.263	8.5	0.0	2.8	6.4	2.25
2017	19	-1.7	Bristol	APPY	Rk	PIT	1	0	1.000	2.31	3.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	10	4	3	1	2	0	9	1	0	0	47	1.029	7.7	0.8	1.5	6.9	4.50
2018	20	-1.9	West Virginia	SALL	A	PIT	4	5	.444	3.81	4.04	17	16	1	0	0	1	78.0	72	35	33	7	18	0	77	5	1	5	322	1.154	8.3	0.8	2.1	8.9	4.28
2019	21	-1.9	Bradenton	FLOR	A+	PIT	6	7	.462	3.79	4.03	20	20	0	1	0	0	109.1	100	49	46	11	30	0	78	8	0	3	451	1.189	8.2	0.9	2.5	6.4	2.60

2021	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	5	4	.556	4.11	4.76	15	15	0	0	0	0	70.0	67	37	32	8	18	0	61	2	0	0	293	1.214	8.6	1.0	2.3	7.8	3.39
2021	23	-4.0	Indianapolis	AAAE	AAA	PIT	4	4	.500	4.14	4.97	12	12	0	0	0	0	54.1	53	30	25	6	16	0	45	2	0	0	231	1.270	8.8	1.0	2.7	7.5	2.81
2021	23	-1.7	Altoona	AANE	AA	PIT	1	0	1.000	4.02	4.02	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	14	7	7	2	2	0	16	0	0	0	62	1.021	8.0	1.1	1.1	9.2	8.00
2021	23	-5.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	3	.400	6.28	6.52	9	9	0	0	0	0	38.2	47	28	27	4	19	3	32	4	0	2	182	1.707	10.9	0.9	4.4	7.4	1.68
2022	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	PIT	0	1	.000	3.12	4.15	4	3	0	0	0	0	8.2	6	4	3	3	2	0	7	0	0	0	36	0.923	6.2	3.1	2.1	7.3	3.50
2022	24	-3.0	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	0	1	.000	2.70	4.05	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	5	3	2	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	29	1.050	6.8	2.7	2.7	5.4	2.00
2022	24	2.0	Bradenton	FLOR	A	PIT	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	4.5	0.0	13.5
2022	24	-5.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	19	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	7.2	1.33
2023	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	PIT	0	2	.000	4.35	4.79	9	9	0	0	0	0	20.2	11	11	10	2	9	0	14	1	0	1	80	0.968	4.8	0.9	3.9	6.1	1.56
2023	25	-1.9	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	0	1	.000	2.76	2.76	7	7	0	0	0	0	16.1	7	5	5	1	6	0	12	0	0	1	60	0.796	3.9	0.6	3.3	6.6	2.00
2023	25	2.8	Bradenton	FLOR	A	PIT	0	1	.000	10.38	12.46	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	6	5	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	20	1.615	8.3	2.1	6.2	4.2	0.67
2024	26		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A	NYM	0	1	.000	5.30	6.75	8	6	0	0	0	0	18.2	24	14	11	3	11	0	15	0	0	0	92	1.875	11.6	1.4	5.3	7.2	1.36
2024	26	-1.2	Syracuse	IL	AAA	NYM	0	0		4.91	6.55	4	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	14	8	6	3	7	0	4	0	0	0	53	1.909	11.5	2.5	5.7	3.3	0.57
2024	26	1.4	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	0	0		1.50	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	2	1	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	25	0.833	4.5	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2024	26	3.8	St. Lucie	FLOR	A	NYM	0	1	.000	21.60	21.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	7	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	14	5.400	37.8	0.0	10.8	16.2	1.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (2 seasons)					Majors		2	3	.400	5.56	5.77	11	9	0	0	0	0	43.2	50	28	27	4	22	3	36	4	0	3	201	1.649	10.3	0.8	4.5	7.4	1.64
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		17	22	.436	3.64	4.29	87	80	2	1	0	1	363.0	333	173	147	36	98	0	291	18	1	10	1504	1.187	8.3	0.9	2.4	7.2	2.97
All Levels (8 Seasons)							19	25	.432	3.85	4.45	98	89	2	1	0	1	406.2	383	201	174	40	120	3	327	22	1	13	1705	1.237	8.5	0.9	2.7	7.2	2.73

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		4	6	.400	3.87	4.69	26	23	0	0	0	0	88.1	79	46	38	12	31	0	65	2	0	1	373	1.245	8.0	1.2	3.2	6.6	2.10
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		1	0	1.000	3.32	3.74	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.2	17	9	8	2	4	0	24	0	0	0	87	0.969	7.1	0.8	1.7	10.0	6.00
A+ (1 season)					Minors		6	7	.462	3.79	4.03	20	20	0	1	0	0	109.1	100	49	46	11	30	0	78	8	0	3	451	1.189	8.2	0.9	2.5	6.4	2.60
A (4 seasons)					Minors		4	7	.364	4.50	4.81	22	21	1	0	0	1	86.0	84	46	43	9	23	0	85	6	1	5	363	1.244	8.8	0.9	2.4	8.9	3.70
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		2	2	.500	1.87	3.59	14	11	1	0	0	0	57.2	53	23	12	2	10	0	39	2	0	1	230	1.092	8.3	0.3	1.6	6.1	3.90