Craig Kimbrel or Josh Ekness

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Craig Kimbrel or Josh Ekness Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	36.0	12.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	30	9

Earned Runs	18	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	32	9

Walks	17	7

ERA	4.50	1.42

WHIP	1.31	1.26

Craig Kimbrel or Josh Ekness Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	16.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	17	16

Earned Runs	12	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	25	15

Walks	11	8

ERA	5.21	4.50

WHIP	1.34	1.42

Craig Kimbrel or Josh Ekness Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	The Royals signed Craig Kimbrel. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Craig Kimbrel has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Craig Kimbrel will be designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
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Craig Kimbrel or Josh Ekness Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#311
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#339
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#339
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#410	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#319
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-1)	#302
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#279	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#408	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI