2024 Stats
W-L
6-2
ERA
2.92
WHIP
1.08
K
55
SV
23
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Kimbrel signed a 1-year deal with Philadelphia last off-season and maintained his standing among the active saves leaders by converting a team-leading 23 saves. The veteran closer now has 417 saves for his career - 2nd among active pitchers. Kimbrel had trouble adjusting to the pitch clock - his 13 violations were most by a reliever - but he was outstanding in his age-35 season, pitching 69 innings across 71 games with a 3.26 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 94:28 K:BB ratio. He was 7th among qualified relievers in strikeouts and 15th with a 23.7% K-BB percentage despite a 10.1% walk rate. When Kimbrel allowed contact, balls were often hit hard. His 46.7% hard-hit rate (4th percentile) was poor and he gave up a career-worst 10 home runs. However, Kimbrel had dominant stretches last year, including a 13-inning scoreless streak before the All-Star break with a 20:1 K:BB. Kimbrel should have no problem finding work in 2024 given his recent success and experience in high-leverage. Read Past Outlooks
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Blows save Thursday
Kimbrel blew a save against the Marlins on Thursday, allowing three runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks over two-thirds of an inning.
ANALYSIS
Kimbrel came on in the ninth frame to try to protect a three-run lead but couldn't get the job done. After retiring the first batter he faced, the veteran closer gave up a pair of singles followed by a walk, then saw a run cross the plate on a fielding error behind him. A sacrifice fly and another single resulted in two more runs, the latter of which tied the game. Kimbrel has now blown two straight save chances and has given up six runs (four earned) over his past 2.2 innings, though he's pitched well enough overall this season to still have control of the closer role for Baltimore.
Kimbrel came on in the ninth frame to try to protect a three-run lead but couldn't get the job done. After retiring the first batter he faced, the veteran closer gave up a pair of singles followed by a walk, then saw a run cross the plate on a fielding error behind him. A sacrifice fly and another single resulted in two more runs, the latter of which tied the game. Kimbrel has now blown two straight save chances and has given up six runs (four earned) over his past 2.2 innings, though he's pitched well enough overall this season to still have control of the closer role for Baltimore.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
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Last 10 Games
20
Last 5 Games
20
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-14%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-4%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .211 | 97 | 35 | 58 | 8 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .181 | 124 | 40 | 58 | 9 | |||
2024vs Left | .167 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 3 | |||
2024vs Right | .161 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .184 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 2 | |||
2023vs Right | .179 | 56 | 14 | 26 | 8 | |||
2022vs Left | .261 | 29 | 11 | 29 | 3 | |||
2022vs Right | .193 | 43 | 17 | 22 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-11%
ERA at Home
2024
-44%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.19 | 1.03 | 90.1 | 12.4 | 3.7 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 3.57 | 1.30 | 75.2 | 11.5 | 4.5 | ||||
2024Home | 3.86 | 1.10 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 5.5 | ||||
2024Away | 2.18 | 1.06 | 20.2 | 12.2 | 3.9 | ||||
2023Home | 2.72 | 0.91 | 39.2 | 12.5 | 3.2 | ||||
2023Away | 3.99 | 1.23 | 29.1 | 12.0 | 4.3 | ||||
2022Home | 3.41 | 1.14 | 34.1 | 11.0 | 3.4 | ||||
2022Away | 4.21 | 1.56 | 25.2 | 10.5 | 5.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Craig Kimbrel compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.89K/9
13.4BB/9
4.6HR/9
0.7Fastball
94.2 mphERA
2.92WHIP
1.08BABIP
.267GB/FB
0.74Left On Base
67.0%Exit Velocity
82.6 mphBarrels/BBE
5.9%Spin Rate
2382 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
21.2%Swinging Strike
12.9%Advanced Pitching Stats
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The Dodgers immediately announced Kimbrel as their closer upon acquiring him despite a shaky second half in 2021 and a poor spring with velocity concerns. Kimbrel had a solid first month with Los Angeles, but was inconsistent from that point forward. He threw his historically dominant curveball roughly 10% less often (31.5% pitch usage) while losing some zip on his fastball, which proved to be ineffective. As a result, his strikeout rate plummeted by 15 percent, from 42.6% to 27.7%. The 34-year-old was able to rack up 22 saves, but officially lost the closer job in late September despite the distribution of saves chances signaling a committee much earlier than that. Kimbrel recorded only eight of the Dodgers' 23 saves after July 1 and was subsequently left off their playoff roster. The active saves leader in baseball, he secured a one-year, $10 million pact with the Phillies and should be the favorite for saves to open the season, but it's likely to be a committee approach with Seranthony Dominguez, Jose Alvarado and Gregory Soto also in the mix.
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Falters into sixth win
Kimbrel (6-2) blew a save but picked up the win Sunday, allowing three runs on one hit and two walks over one inning against the Yankees. He struck out one.
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Lands 23rd save
Kimbrel picked up the save Sunday, allowing one hit and no walks with two strikeouts across a scoreless inning against Oakland.
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Locks down 22nd save
Kimbrel picked up the save in Friday's 3-2 victory over the Athletics. He pitched a clean inning with two strikeouts.
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Strikes out two for 21st save
Kimbrel picked up the save over the Mariners on Wednesday, pitching a perfect ninth inning while striking out two.
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Collects 20th save
Kimbrel hit two batters and struck out two in a scoreless and hitless inning to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners.
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Baltimore seriously interested
Kimbrel has engaged in serious discussions with the Orioles, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports.
ANALYSIS
With Felix Bautista set to miss all of 2024 after undergoing Tommy John surgery, adding a reliever of Kimbrel's caliber would go a long way to ensure Baltimore's bullpen doesn't lose a step. If he were to sign with the O's, Kimbrel would presumably either serve as the team's closer or setup man for Yennier Cano.
With Felix Bautista set to miss all of 2024 after undergoing Tommy John surgery, adding a reliever of Kimbrel's caliber would go a long way to ensure Baltimore's bullpen doesn't lose a step. If he were to sign with the O's, Kimbrel would presumably either serve as the team's closer or setup man for Yennier Cano.