Craig Kimbrel or Joel Payamps

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Craig Kimbrel or Joel Payamps Player Statistics
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.2	46.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	5

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	9	40

Earned Runs	8	23

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	9	40

Walks	4	22

ERA	9.39	4.50

WHIP	1.70	1.35

Craig Kimbrel or Joel Payamps Player Projections
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	52	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	50.3	20.7

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	10	2

Hits Allowed	48	17

Earned Runs	25	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	48	25

Walks	16	11

ERA	4.44	5.21

WHIP	1.26	1.34

Craig Kimbrel or Joel Payamps Player Notes
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC
News
	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st	Craig Kimbrel allowed a run on no hits and two walks while recording an out in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Mon, Sep 14th
		Craig Kimbrel left Thursday’s game against the Marlins with an illness. Ari Koslow Fri, Sep 4th
		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
Notes
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Craig Kimbrel or Joel Payamps Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL			Craig Kimbrel RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#167	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#94	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#327	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#184
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#390	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#355	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#102	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#182	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)	#346	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#101	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#178	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#153	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#149	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#327
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#200	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#217	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#306
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#289
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#131	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#216
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#97	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#291
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#217	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#190	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#389
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#17	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#115	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#94	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#387
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#242
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#15	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#119
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#347	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#382	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#298
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#189	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#45
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#143	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#27
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#104
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU	Miguel Ullola (0-0)	#172
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#79	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#27	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#261
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#294
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92