Craig Kimbrel HOU RP R

Born: 05/28/1988 Age: 37

Signed By

Trouble with the Curve 😷🇺🇸 for $12

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (TEX) Aug'25

Thu 8/28	Fri 8/29	Sat 8/30
COL 4-3 F	LAA 8:10 PM EDT	LAA 7:10 PM EDT

Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.00 Median $1.00

All Leagues
Average $1.80 Median $1.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.70 Median $1.00

Roster%
1.83%
Change
7Day 0.61%
30Day 0%

2025 OPL Round 7
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

August 21, 2025 7:20 PM : Kimbrel signed with the Astros on Thursday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
Analysis: Kimbrel was granted his release by the Rangers on Thursday and inked his new deal the same day. He's made only one appearance in the majors this season, which came with Atlanta. The Astros are in need of bullpen help with Josh Hader (shoulder) sidelined, but Kimbrel is unlikely to factor into the saves picture.

Year	Team	G	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2010	ATL	21	20.2	1	2	40	9	16	0	0	8.44	174.53
2011	ATL	79	77.0	46	0	127	48	32	1	3	10.3	793.10
2012	ATL	63	62.2	42	0	116	27	14	2	3	11.98	750.63
2013	ATL	68	67.0	50	0	98	39	20	3	4	10.78	722.20
2014	ATL	63	61.2	47	0	95	30	26	2	2	11.27	694.73
2015	SDP	61	59.1	39	0	87	40	22	1	6	9.46	561.27
2016	BOS	57	53.0	31	1	83	28	30	4	4	9.31	493.20
2017	BOS	67	69.0	35	1	126	33	14	4	6	10.55	728.00
2018	BOS	63	62.1	42	0	96	31	31	2	7	9.59	597.57
2019	CHC	23	20.2	13	0	30	21	12	2	9	3.42	70.63
2020	CHC	18	15.1	2	3	28	10	12	2	2	6.45	98.87
2021	CHC	39	36.2	23	0	64	13	13	0	1	11.71	429.23
2021	CHW	24	23.0	1	6	36	18	10	3	5	5.39	123.90
2022	LAD	63	60.0	22	2	72	51	28	5	4	7.09	425.20
2023	PHI	71	69.0	23	7	94	44	28	4	10	7.37	508.20
2024	BAL	57	52.1	23	4	73	40	31	5	7	7	366.17
2025	ATL	1	1.0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3.8	3.80
2025	HOU	1	1.0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	8.8	8.80

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2008	ATL (R)	12	0	19.0	6	1	27	5	10	3	0	9.29	176.60
2008	ATL (A)	10	0	12.2	4	0	26	6	4	0	0	10.9	138.13
2008	ATL (A+)	2	0	3.2	0	1	3	5	1	0	0	5.76	21.13
2009	ATL (A)	16	0	20.0	10	1	38	9	6	1	0	11.68	233.60
2009	ATL (A+)	19	0	26.1	2	2	45	18	28	1	2	5.49	144.47
2009	ATL (AA)	12	0	11.2	6	0	17	3	7	1	0	10.16	118.53
2009	ATL (AAA)	2	0	2.0	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	6.4	12.80
2010	ATL (AAA)	48	0	55.2	23	1	83	28	35	4	3	8.45	470.23
2016	BOS (AAA)	1	1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-9.39	-3.13
2019	CHC (AAA)	4	1	3.2	0	1	4	2	1	0	1	5.08	18.63
2025	ATL (AA)	3	0	3.1	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	11.3	37.67
2025	ATL (AAA)	15	0	14.2	3	1	17	8	8	0	0	7.96	116.73
2025	TEX (AAA)	24	0	21.0	5	3	28	12	12	3	4	5.86	123.00

Date	Team	Opponent	Win	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR	Pts
Aug 24, 2025	HOU	@BAL	0	1.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	8.80
Jun 6, 2025	ATL	@SFG	0	1.0	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	3.80
Sep 17, 2024	BAL	SFG	0	0.2	8	6	6	3	2	2	0	-4.87
Sep 9, 2024	BAL	@BOS	0	1.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	5.20
Sep 7, 2024	BAL	TBR	0	1.0	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.80
Sep 3, 2024	BAL	CHW	0	1.0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.80
Aug 31, 2024	BAL	@COL	0	1.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.20
Aug 28, 2024	BAL	@LAD	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.40
Aug 23, 2024	BAL	HOU	1	1.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.20
Aug 21, 2024	BAL	@NYM	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	-7.50
Totals			1	9.2	47	12	12	14	12	6	1	28.83

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	Save	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HBP	HR
Aug 20, 2025	AAA	RR	@STP	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Aug 15, 2025	AAA	RR	SAC	1	1.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Aug 13, 2025	AAA	RR	SAC	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Aug 9, 2025	AAA	RR	@ABQ	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Aug 7, 2025	AAA	RR	@ABQ	0	1.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	1	1
Aug 5, 2025	AAA	RR	@ABQ	0	1.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jul 31, 2025	AAA	RR	ELP	0	1.0	7	2	2	2	1	1	1	0
Jul 30, 2025	AAA	RR	ELP	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul 27, 2025	AAA	RR	@TAC	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul 25, 2025	AAA	RR	@TAC	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals				3	9.1	38	3	3	5	11	2	2	1

Date	Transaction Type	Team	Salary
March 25, 2012 3:28 PM	add	Robles en Trobles	$15
October 5, 2012 8:57 AM	increase	Robles en Trobles	$17
July 5, 2013 12:15 AM	move	The Ocho 🎱 (from Robles en Trobles)	$17
October 11, 2013 2:44 PM	increase	The Ocho 🎱	$19
October 8, 2014 10:57 PM	increase	The Ocho 🎱	$21
January 28, 2015 6:15 PM	cut	The Ocho 🎱	$11
March 29, 2015 3:39 PM	add	Brass Muncy ⚜️🐵	$21
May 4, 2015 1:22 PM	move	BREGMAN 👀 (from Brass Muncy ⚜️🐵)	$21
July 9, 2015 12:41 AM	move	Pointer Brothers (from BREGMAN 👀)	$21
October 5, 2015 8:17 AM	increase	Pointer Brothers	$23
December 17, 2015 1:29 PM	move	2 Eggs 1 Chapati (from Pointer Brothers)	$23
January 31, 2016 9:30 PM	cut	2 Eggs 1 Chapati	$12
March 23, 2016 9:19 PM	add	Robles en Trobles	$22
April 18, 2016 7:33 PM	move	Big Papi memories (from Robles en Trobles)	$22
June 14, 2016 10:12 PM	move	Pointer Brothers (from Big Papi memories)	$22
October 7, 2016 12:46 PM	increase	Pointer Brothers	$24
November 29, 2016 8:36 PM	cut	Pointer Brothers	$12
March 19, 2017 7:41 PM	add	Fleetwood Franchise	$21
March 28, 2017 5:59 PM	move	Big Papi memories (from Fleetwood Franchise)	$21
May 7, 2017 5:08 PM	move	The Milwaukee Beers 🍻 (from Big Papi memories)	$21
July 5, 2017 9:01 PM	move	Robles en Trobles (from The Milwaukee Beers 🍻)	$21
October 7, 2017 1:53 AM	increase	Robles en Trobles	$23
October 12, 2018 12:45 PM	increase	Robles en Trobles	$25
January 29, 2019 3:02 PM	move	2 Eggs 1 Chapati (from Robles en Trobles)	$25
March 16, 2019 10:16 AM	move	Trouble with the Curve 😷🇺🇸 (from 2 Eggs 1 Chapati)	$25
April 27, 2019 11:14 AM	cut	Trouble with the Curve 😷🇺🇸	$13
May 4, 2019 1:52 PM	add	Brass Muncy ⚜️🐵	$14
May 26, 2019 3:02 PM	cut	Brass Muncy ⚜️🐵	$7
May 27, 2019 3:03 PM	add	Big Papi memories	$14
June 12, 2019 10:20 PM	move	Brass Muncy ⚜️🐵 (from Big Papi memories)	$14
October 4, 2019 4:59 PM	increase	Brass Muncy ⚜️🐵	$16
December 22, 2019 6:06 PM	cut	Brass Muncy ⚜️🐵	$0
March 8, 2020 9:31 PM	add	Fleetwood Franchise	$16
August 30, 2020 7:52 AM	cut	Fleetwood Franchise	$8
March 14, 2021 10:26 PM	add	Trouble with the Curve 😷🇺🇸	$4
October 9, 2021 4:08 AM	increase	Trouble with the Curve 😷🇺🇸	$6
October 14, 2022 1:14 AM	increase	Trouble with the Curve 😷🇺🇸	$8
October 12, 2023 10:57 AM	increase	Trouble with the Curve 😷🇺🇸	$10
October 10, 2024 12:10 AM	increase	Trouble with the Curve 😷🇺🇸	$12

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
June 26, 2025 1:38 PM	mr	Craig Kimbrel ATL RP R $1 Javier Baez DET SS/3B/OF R $1 JP Sears ATH SP L $1 Brenton Doyle COL OF R $4 Colt Emerson SEA AA SS L $2 Tomoyuki Sugano BAL SP R $1 $9 loan	ayayyron	Dustin May LAD SP R $1
August 26, 2024 12:48 AM	🥇 $1 Warriors 🥇	Pete Fairbanks TBR RP R $5 Zebby Matthews MIN SP R $2	SAVE FERRIS	Craig Kimbrel BAL RP R $10 Kevin Gausman TOR SP R $20 $24 loan
July 31, 2024 1:07 PM	Baba Yaga 🐶	Craig Kimbrel BAL RP R $4 $3 loan	Cespedes' Mookie Cookie	Gabriel Moreno ARI C R $1
July 9, 2024 8:01 PM	Carl Everett's T-Rex	Nolan Arenado STL 3B R $17 10IL Jason Adam TBR RP R $4 Masyn Winn STL SS R $1 Kyle Teel BOS C L $1 $1 loan	The Yellow Darts	Kenley Jansen BOS RP R $6 Craig Kimbrel BAL RP R $7
July 6, 2024 1:16 PM	Schwell Well Wells....	Reynaldo Lopez ATL SP R $1 60IL Andres Gimenez CLE 2B L $8 Bryan Woo SEA SP R $6	Yoshida Battles the Pink Robots	Max Scherzer TEX SP R $4 Craig Kimbrel BAL RP R $4 Brandon Lowe TBR 1B/2B L $10 $4 loan
July 3, 2024 8:20 PM	Jacksnipes	Coby Mayo BAL 1B/3B R $3 Jake Eder CHW SP/RP L $2 7IL Hurston Waldrep ATL SP/RP R $3	Hogs	Craig Kimbrel BAL RP R $12 Ryan Pressly HOU RP R $18 Manny Machado SDP 3B R $41 $63 loan
July 2, 2024 2:10 PM	🐈‍⬛ Kansas City Katz 🐈	Tyler Glasnow LAD SP R $18 Ke'Bryan Hayes PIT 3B R $9 Rhys Hoskins MIL 1B R $8 10IL MJ Melendez KCR AAA OF L $5 Trevor Larnach MIN OF L $1 Justin Slaten BOS AAA RP R $2	Kneel before Zod	Craig Kimbrel BAL RP R $5 Salvador Perez KCR C/1B R $4 Willi Castro MIN 2B/SS/3B/OF S $1 Michael King SDP SP R $5 15IL Jarred Kelenic ATL AAA OF L $8 Andrew Vaughn CHW 1B R $2 $17 loan
June 24, 2024 7:10 AM	Punxsutawney Whippoorwills	Craig Kimbrel BAL RP R $4 Kirby Yates TEX RP R $1 Gerrit Cole NYY SP R $42 60IL Fernando Tatis Jr. SDP OF R $40 $40 loan	Smoke on the Water	Matt Olson ATL 1B L $30 Brandon Woodruff MIL SP R $3 Andrew Abbott CIN SP L $7 Brooks Lee MIN 2B/SS/3B S $1
June 21, 2024 8:02 PM	GF Chaunceys	Craig Kimbrel BAL RP R $4 Byron Buxton MIN OF R $8 Julio Rodriguez SEA OF R $54 $57 loan	Name TBD	Zack Littell TBR SP R $1 Nolan Jones COL OF L $5 Davis Schneider TOR 2B/OF R $1 Jackson Merrill SDP OF L $2 10IL
June 13, 2024 9:20 PM	Titty City	Roman Anthony BOS OF L $4 Cade Horton CHC SP R $5	The Baseball Team	Craig Kimbrel BAL RP R $6 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B/3B R $45 $42 loan

Craig Kimbrel HOU RP R

Born: 05/28/1988 Age: 37

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Signed By

Trouble with the Curve 😷🇺🇸 for $12

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (TEX) Aug'25

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