Craig Kimbrel

New York Mets

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Craig Kimbrel has thrown 15,403 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) and Slider (84mph), also mixing in a Curve using a Knuckle Curve grip (83mph). He also rarely throws a Cutter (92mph).


In 2026, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball has some natural sinking action, has essentially average velo and has slight armside run. Their slider sweeps across the zone, has exceptional depth, generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their curve using a knuckle curve grip (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 10 of them in 2026) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, is much harder than usual, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 2 of them in 2026) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has well above average velo and has little cutting action.