Craig Kimbrel or Eduardo Salazar

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Craig Kimbrel or Eduardo Salazar Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	37	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	4.53	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Craig Kimbrel or Eduardo Salazar Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	22.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	17	27

Earned Runs	12	20

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	25	20

Walks	11	12

ERA	5.21	7.65

WHIP	1.34	1.70

Craig Kimbrel or Eduardo Salazar Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
News
	Craig Kimbrel left Thursday’s game against the Marlins with an illness. Ari Koslow Fri, Sep 4th	Eduardo Salazar has agreed to a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The righthander will presumably head to major league spring training as part of the agreement. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	Craig Kimbrel struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 23rd
	The Royals signed Craig Kimbrel. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Craig Kimbrel has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Craig Kimbrel will be designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd
Notes
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Craig Kimbrel or Eduardo Salazar Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC			Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#224
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#291
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Derek Law		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes	#67	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF