Tampa Bay Rays
Craig Kimbrel has thrown 16,038 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Slider (85mph), Curve using a Knuckle Curve grip (84mph) and Sinker (94mph). He also rarely throws a Change (89mph) and Cutter (91mph).
In 2026, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action, has essentially average velo and has slight armside run. Their slider sweeps across the zone, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their curve using a knuckle curve grip is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement. Their sinker has an obvious tail, has slightly above average velo and has some natural sinking action. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 17 of them in 2026) is thrown extremely hard, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 9 of them in 2026) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters and has well above average velo.