Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Craig Kimbrel has thrown 14,457 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Curve Link: http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120415&content_id=28743394¬ebook_id=28743400&vkey=notebook_atl&c_id=atl

'...I thought Craig had a better idea where his curveball was going tonight than his fastball, McCann said....'">using a Knuckle Curve grip (84mph). He also rarely throws a Slider (86mph) and Change (88mph).


In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action, has essentially average velo and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their curve link: http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120415&content_id=28743394¬ebook_id=28743400&vkey=notebook_atl&c_id=atl

'...i thought craig had a better idea where his curveball was going tonight than his fastball, mccann said....'">using a knuckle curve grip is thrown extremely hard and has slight glove-side movement. Their slider sweeps across the zone, has exceptional depth and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 5 of them in 2024) 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.