Craig Kimbrel: Everything you need to know

Craig Kimbrel

#46 RP

Status

ACTIVE

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
3/19	HOU	W 6-2	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
3/17	MIA	5-5	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
3/12	STL	L 3-1	1.0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
3/9	MIA	W 9-0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3/6	MIA	L 2-0	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2/28	WSH	L 3-2	1.0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1
Preseason Totals			6	5	5	2	0	0	4	3	3

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
4/19	CHC	L 2-1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4/18	CHC	L 4-2	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/13	LAD	L 4-0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/11	ATH	L 11-6	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Regular Season Totals			3.2	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0

Splits	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	HBP	CG	H	R	ER	SVO	S	AVG	HR
Overall	0	3.2	0	1	0.0	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0.273	0
Home	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
Away	0	2.2	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.286	0
Day	0	2.2	0	1	0.0	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.250	0
Night	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.333	0
vs Lefty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.500	0
vs Righty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.143	0
April	0	3.2	0	1	0.0	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0.273	0
Opponent
vs CHC	0	1.2	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.250	0
vs ATH	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
vs LAD	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.333	0
Venue
@ Chicago	0	1.2	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.250	0
@ New York	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
@ Los Angeles	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.333	0

Craig Kimbrel: Breaking News

The Mets selected Kimbrel's contract from Single-A St. Lucie on Saturday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports. Kimbrel reported to Single-A to begin the regular season after failing to win a roster spot out of spring training. He struck out two batters over two shutout frames at St. Lucie, and he'll now claim a spot in the Mets' bullpen. The 37-year-old's days of working as a closer are likely behind him, especially with Devin Williams on the roster, but Kimbrel could still be an effective middle reliever after putting up a 2.25 ERA across 12 innings between Houston and Atlanta last season.

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza informed Kimbrel on Sunday that the reliever won't be included on the Opening Day roster, Max Goodman of NJ.com reports. The nine-time All-Star had been attending spring training as a non-roster invitee but ultimately fell short at winning a bullpen job with the Mets after striking out five batters while allowing three earned runs on four hits and two walks over six innings in the Grapefruit League. Kimbrel's minor-league deal is believed to include multiple opt-out dates that he can exercise if he's not added to the big-league roster, but Mendoza told Goodman that the 37-year-old righty is "leaning" toward staying in the organization and reporting to Triple-A Syracuse to begin the season with the hope of eventually earning a call-up.

Kimbel did not exercise the first opt out in his minor-league contract with the Mets as he continues to pursue a spot on the Opening Day roster, Pat Ragazzo of SI.com reports. New York's bullpen competition got a little bit narrower Friday with the club cutting Austin Warren, Kevin Herget and Robert Stock from big-league camp. Kimbrel has given up three runs with a 5:5 K:BB across six innings during spring training, but manager Carlos Mendoza has been impressed with the late life on Kimbrel's fastball. Bryan Hudson and Richard Lovelady are the remaining internal competition for a bullpen spot, but the Mets could bring in some outside arms as teams begin to trim the rosters for Opening Day.