P Josef van der Poel #58
Richardson City Thundercats PL
Age: 27 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good    
12/31/2026
BNN Index | PL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
P JOSEF VAN DER POEL #58 - AGE: 27 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
21 21 9-9 0 3.89 132.0 137 18 22 89 1.20 1.3
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 5 5 6 5
Movement 7 7 7 7
Control 7 7 8 7
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Slider 3 3
Curveball 5 5
Sinker 7 7
Splitter 5 5
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 93-95 Mph
Stamina 7
Suggested Role BP/Emergency SP
Groundball Percentage 66 %
Hold Runners 3
Defense 5
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 4
Stealing Ability: 2
Baserunning Inst.: 2
Sacrifice Bunt: 8
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
10/09/2026 PC Loss, 2-3 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
10/06/2026 @ PC Win, 2-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
10/02/2026 @ MON Loss, 5-7 2.2 3 3 3 0 3 Loss
10/01/2026 @ MON Loss, 3-4 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 Loss
09/28/2026 MON Win, 2-1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/2026 DC Loss, 2-8 X 3.0 7 6 6 0 1 Loss
09/13/2026 @ VAN Win, 8-0 X 9.0 4 0 0 0 4 Win
09/05/2026 OAK Loss, 5-12 X 4.1 9 7 7 1 2 Loss
08/31/2026 ACKC Loss, 3-4 X 7.2 7 3 3 2 3
08/20/2026 DET Win, 5-4 X 4.0 6 4 4 0 4
PERSONALITY
Leader Ability:Very High
Loyalty:Low
Desire f. Win:Normal
Greed:Normal
Intelligence:Normal
Work Ethic:Normal
Birthday:03/14/1999
Born in:Zundert, NOO
Nationality:Dutch
Height:6' 3"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$1,650,000
Signed Through:2026 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 42 Days
Service This Yr:144 Days
40-Man Service:8 Years, 111 Days
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension:$8,250,000 total for 5 years
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UNITED STATES PREMIER LEAGUE 2026 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 21 21 9 9 0 3.89 132.0 137 59 57 18 22 89 3 14.3 1 12 57.1
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF R/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 0 0 0.0 0 0 11.45 9.34 6.07 1.50 4.12 1.20 107 1.3 .292        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 214 70 13 1 15 33 14 35 2 1 4 .327 .376 .607 .984      
vs. RHB 297 67 13 0 3 26 8 54 2 2 5 .226 .256 .300 .556      
UNITED STATES PREMIER LEAGUE 2026 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
May 4 4 1 3 0 3.41 29.0 35 11 11 4 5 17  
June 4 4 3 1 0 2.28 27.2 26 7 7 5 4 20  
July 5 5 3 1 0 3.03 29.2 27 11 10 4 7 23  
August 5 5 1 2 0 4.91 29.1 29 17 16 3 5 22  
September 3 3 1 2 0 7.16 16.1 20 13 13 2 1 7  
Spring Training 2 2 1 1 0 6.14 7.1 10 5 5 2 0 3  
Postseason 4 1 0 1 0 6.75 5.1 9 5 4 2 2 2  
Last Year 22 22 6 7 0 3.38 136.0 126 58 51 5 32 73  
2 Years Ago 21 20 7 9 0 4.73 116.0 128 64 61 15 35 51  
Career 161 98 43 38 0 3.77 705.0 703 319 295 62 182 390  
Home 10 10 3 4 0 5.31 57.2 72 34 34 7 11 46  
Road 11 11 6 5 0 2.78 74.1 65 25 23 11 11 43  
Grass 20 20 9 8 0 3.92 124.0 130 56 54 15 21 85  
Turf 1 1 0 1 0 3.38 8.0 7 3 3 3 1 4  
Day 6 6 0 4 0 5.71 34.2 40 22 22 3 6 29  
Night 15 15 9 5 0 3.24 97.1 97 37 35 15 16 60  
As Starter 21 21 9 9 0 3.89 132.0 137 59 57 18 22 89  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2018 Atlanta - SL 19 19 1 1 1 0 8.36 28.0 36 29 26 7 21 23 0 0 2.04 .345 7.10 -0.6 56
2019 Atlanta - PL 20 28 3 1 2 0 4.72 55.1 57 31 29 2 32 27 0 0 1.61 .297 4.19 0.2 80
2020 Richardson City - SL 21 9 9 0 5 0 5.77 39.0 44 25 25 1 19 19 0 0 1.62 .321 3.83 0.6 69
2020 Atlanta - PL 21 5 1 1 0 0 3.86 4.2 3 2 2 0 2 6 0 0 1.07 .273 1.78 0.1 92
2020 Total - PL 21 14 10 1 5 0 5.56 43.2 47 27 27 1 21 25 0 0 1.56 .317 3.66 0.5 64
2021 Richardson City - PL 22 23 2 5 0 0 2.55 53.0 49 22 15 5 17 31 0 0 1.25 .270 4.29 0.4 161
2022 Richardson City - PL 23 17 5 3 2 0 4.95 43.2 46 26 24 4 11 28 0 0 1.31 .304 3.71 0.5 76
2023 Richardson City - PL 24 24 24 11 9 0 3.07 164.1 157 57 56 13 31 85 3 2 1.14 .275 3.46 3.3 130
2024 Richardson City - PL 25 21 20 7 9 0 4.73 116.0 128 64 61 15 35 51 0 0 1.41 .289 4.57 0.4 79
2025 Richardson City - PL 26 22 22 6 7 0 3.38 136.0 126 58 51 5 32 73 1 0 1.16 .270 2.94 3.0 105
2026 Richardson City - PL 27 21 21 9 9 0 3.89 132.0 137 59 57 18 22 89 3 1 1.20 .292 4.12 1.3 99
Total PL 161 98 43 38 0 3.77 705.0 703 319 295 62 182 390 7 3 1.26 .283 3.79 9.2 106
Total SL 28 10 1 6 0 6.85 67.0 80 54 51 8 40 42 0 0 1.79 .330 5.20 0.0 63
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2017 Marmora - AA 18 6 0 1 0 3 3.60 5.0 6 2 2 0 6 2 0 0 2.40 .353 6.79 -0.1 143
2017 Bangor Trident Base - AAA 18 14 0 1 2 0 6.60 15.0 18 11 11 1 7 9 0 0 1.67 .340 4.29 0.2 83
2017 Sun Prairie - AA 18 13 0 2 0 1 2.35 15.1 14 4 4 0 6 14 0 0 1.30 .326 3.54 0.3 212
2018 Bangor Trident Base - AAA 19 25 0 2 3 12 4.97 25.1 29 16 14 4 16 27 0 0 1.78 .342 5.66 0.0 111
2020 Royse City - AAA 21 10 10 5 4 0 2.58 69.2 62 24 20 3 30 54 1 1 1.32 .288 3.38 1.7 165
2022 Royse City - AAA 23 5 0 2 0 0 3.00 12.0 10 4 4 0 2 12 0 0 1.00 .303 1.62 0.5 147
Total PAAA 5 0 2 0 0 3.00 12.0 10 4 4 0 2 12 0 0 1.00 .303 1.62 147.2
Total SAAA 49 10 8 9 12 3.68 110.0 109 51 45 8 53 90 1 1 1.47 .308 4.03 141.4
Total SAA 19 0 3 0 4 2.66 20.1 20 6 6 0 12 16 0 0 1.57 .333 4.34 195.2
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2018 Atlanta - 3L 19 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 0.00 0.0 0
2018 Atlanta - SL 19 3 0 1 0 0 11.25 4.0 8 5 5 0 3 5 0 0 2.75 .533 0.00 0.0 0
2018 Total - SL 19 4 0 1 0 0 10.38 4.1 8 5 5 0 3 5 0 0 2.54 .500 0.00 0.0 0
2019 Atlanta - 3L 20 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 .000 0.00 0.0 0
2019 Atlanta - PL 20 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 4.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1.00 .182 0.00 0.0 0
2019 Total - PL 20 3 0 0 0 0 1.93 4.2 2 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0.86 .182 0.00 0.0 0
2020 Richardson City - SL 21 1 1 0 0 0 10.38 4.1 7 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 1.85 .375 0.00 0.0 0
2020 Atlanta - PL 21 1 1 0 1 0 7.71 7.0 12 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 1.86 .379 0.00 0.0 0
2020 Total - PL 21 2 2 0 1 0 8.74 11.1 19 11 11 2 2 2 0 0 1.85 .378 0.00 0.0 0
2021 Richardson City - 3L 22 1 0 0 0 1 2.25 4.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.25 .250 0.00 0.0 0
2021 Richardson City - PL 22 2 0 0 0 0 7.36 3.2 5 3 3 1 3 3 0 0 2.18 .333 0.00 0.0 0
2021 Total - PL 22 3 0 0 0 1 4.70 7.2 9 4 4 1 4 3 0 0 1.70 .286 0.00 0.0 0
2022 Richardson City - PL 23 10 2 0 0 0 2.49 25.1 23 7 7 1 6 16 0 0 1.14 .282 0.00 0.0 0
2023 Richardson City - SL 24 1 1 1 0 0 0.00 6.0 3 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0.67 .250 0.00 0.0 0
2023 Richardson City - PL 24 1 1 0 1 0 9.64 4.2 7 5 5 0 1 2 0 0 1.71 .368 0.00 0.0 0
2023 Total - PL 24 2 2 1 1 0 4.22 10.2 10 5 5 0 2 11 0 0 1.12 .323 0.00 0.0 0
2024 Richardson City - 3L 25 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.75 .250 0.00 0.0 0
2024 Richardson City - PL 25 3 2 2 0 0 2.60 17.1 13 5 5 2 3 7 0 0 0.92 .212 0.00 0.0 0
2024 Total - PL 25 4 2 2 0 0 2.41 18.2 14 5 5 2 3 8 0 0 0.91 .214 0.00 0.0 0
2025 Richardson City - PL 26 1 1 0 1 0 7.20 5.0 6 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 1.40 .278 0.00 0.0 0
2026 Richardson City - 3L 27 2 0 0 2 0 12.00 3.0 5 4 4 2 1 3 0 0 2.00 .333 0.00 0.0 0
2026 Richardson City - PL 27 4 1 0 1 0 6.75 5.1 9 5 4 2 2 2 0 0 2.06 .368 0.00 0.0 0
2026 Total - PL 27 6 1 0 3 0 8.64 8.1 14 9 8 4 3 5 0 0 2.04 .357 0.00 0.0 0
Total PL 24 8 2 4 0 4.35 72.1 77 36 35 8 19 34 0 0 1.33 .290 4.23 114.7
Total SL 5 2 2 0 0 6.28 14.1 18 10 10 1 5 15 0 0 1.60 .395 2.97 441.3
Total 3L 6 0 0 2 1 4.82 9.1 10 5 5 2 2 6 0 0 1.29 .267 4.97 337.1
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2018 Atlanta - ML P 19 1 1 10 0 11 0 1.000 28.0 3.54 -0.4 .950
2019 Atlanta - ML P 27 3 0 7 0 8 1 .875 55.1 1.14 -0.4 .898
2020 Atlanta - ML P 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.2 1.93 -0.0 .997
2020 Richardson City - ML P 9 9 4 13 1 17 0 1.000 39.0 3.92 -0.4 .936
2020 Royse City - AAA P 10 10 3 15 1 19 1 .947 69.2 2.33 +0.2 1.014
2021 Richardson City - ML P 22 2 2 11 1 13 0 1.000 53.0 2.21 +0.7 1.146
2022 Richardson City - ML P 17 5 2 8 1 10 0 1.000 43.2 2.06 +0.1 1.036
2022 Royse City - AAA P 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 12.0 1.50 +0.0 1.006
2023 Richardson City - ML P 24 24 13 37 0 51 1 .980 164.1 2.74 -0.3 .990
2024 Richardson City - ML P 21 20 8 15 2 23 0 1.000 116.0 1.78 -0.4 .984
2025 Richardson City - ML P 22 22 12 10 1 23 1 .957 136.0 1.46 -0.7 .939
2026 Richardson City - ML P 21 21 12 13 0 26 1 .962 132.0 1.70 -0.8 .957
TOTAL P 202 118 57 142 7 204 5 .975 853.2 2.10 -2.3 .984
PLAYER HISTORY
10/16/2015 Signed a minor league contract out of The Netherlands with the Birmingham Steel Barons organization.
01/01/2016 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 1 (6); Movement: 5 (9); Control: 1 (8).
05/02/2016 Named the #10 prospect in the 3L
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 1 (5); Movement: 6 (9); Control: 1 (11).
05/01/2017 Named the #21 prospect in the SL
05/30/2017 Was traded by the Montreal Rivermen to the Atlanta Smoke, along with 1B Thomas Kemp, CF José Marín, in exchange for 1B José Rodríguez.
05/30/2017 Released by the Atlanta organization.
06/11/2017 Injured on 06/10/2017, diagnosed with an oblique strain, will miss 4 weeks.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 4 (7); Movement: 7 (8); Control: 1 (8).
05/01/2018 Named the #45 prospect in the SL
06/16/2018 Injured (back spasms), day-to-day for 3 days.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (7); Movement: 7 (7); Control: 3 (8).
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 3 (4); Movement: 6 (7); Control: 4 (7).
01/01/2020 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $280,000 through automatic renewal.
05/25/2020 Injured on 05/22/2020, diagnosed with shoulder inflammation, will miss 6 days.
05/29/2020 Was traded by the Atlanta Smoke to the Richardson City Thundercats in exchange for SP Marcelino Freschi, SP Lee Branch, SP Luis Fernández, $9,000,000.
06/03/2020 Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Tortolita Drummers with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
09/24/2020 Wins the 2020 Round 1 with the Richardson City Thundercats.
12/31/2020 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $280,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (5); Movement: 7 (7); Control: 5 (7).
06/19/2021 Injured (herniated disc (back)), out for 2 weeks.
11/04/2021 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,125,000 through arbitration.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (5); Movement: 7 (7); Control: 6 (7).
05/10/2022 Injured (strained hamstring), out for 3-4 weeks.
08/20/2022 Injured (back stiffness), day-to-day for 4 days.
10/18/2022 Won the 2022 United States Baseball Association Round 3 with the Richardson City Thundercats!
10/23/2022 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $6,600,000 with the Richardson City Thundercats organization.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (5); Movement: 7 (7); Control: 7 (7).
07/02/2023 Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Athletic Club KC with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
08/16/2023 Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Ft. Worth Cattlemen with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (5); Movement: 7 (7); Control: 7 (7).
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (6); Movement: 7 (7); Control: 7 (7).
09/20/2025 Injured (strained hamstring), out for 3 weeks.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (5); Movement: 7 (7); Control: 7 (7).
05/04/2026 Signed a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $8,250,000 with the Richardson City Thundercats organization.
09/13/2026 Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Vancouver Grey Wolves with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year SHO Rank
2018 0 5
2018 0 5
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