Craig Kimbrel or Jose Espada

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Craig Kimbrel or Jose Espada Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	1.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	30	2

Earned Runs	18	0

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	35	0

Walks	18	0

ERA	4.05	0.00

WHIP	1.20	2.00

Craig Kimbrel or Jose Espada Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	15.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	17	14

Earned Runs	12	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	25	16

Walks	11	8

ERA	5.21	5.86

WHIP	1.34	1.43

Craig Kimbrel or Jose Espada Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	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 Orioles transferred Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk to High-A Frederick. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Royals signed Craig Kimbrel. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Craig Kimbrel has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Craig Kimbrel will be designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
Notes
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Craig Kimbrel or Jose Espada Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#265
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR