Craig Kimbrel or Luke Jackson

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Craig Kimbrel or Luke Jackson Player Statistics
	Luke Jackson RP - FA	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	44

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	44.2

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	4

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	3

Hits Allowed	‐	39

Earned Runs	‐	22

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	40

Walks	‐	20

ERA	‐	4.43

WHIP	‐	1.32

Craig Kimbrel or Luke Jackson Player Projections
	Luke Jackson RP - FA	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	41	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.5	20.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	3	2

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	3	2

Hits Allowed	39	17

Earned Runs	24	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	39	25

Walks	20	11

ERA	5.03	5.21

WHIP	1.40	1.34

Craig Kimbrel or Luke Jackson Player Notes
	Luke Jackson RP - FA	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC
News
	The Royals released RHP Luke Jackson. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Craig Kimbrel left Thursday’s game against the Marlins with an illness. Ari Koslow Fri, Sep 4th
	Veteran reliever Luke Jackson is opting out of his minor league deal with the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th	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 Mets signed RHP Luke Jackson to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 4th	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 Luke Jackson Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luke Jackson RP - FA	Craig Kimbrel RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Sun, Mar 29th		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 1st		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 5th		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, Apr 7th		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Sun, Apr 12th		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th		@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Fri, Apr 17th		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Mon, Apr 20th		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Fri, May 1st		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Sun, May 3rd		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Mon, May 4th		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, May 5th		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, May 6th		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Thu, May 7th		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162
Fri, May 8th		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Sat, May 9th		vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th		vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Wed, May 13th		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Thu, May 14th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Fri, May 15th		@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, May 16th		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, May 17th		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Mon, May 18th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Tue, May 19th		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Wed, May 20th		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Fri, May 22nd		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Sat, May 23rd		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sun, May 24th		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Tue, May 26th		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Fri, May 29th		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sat, May 30th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 31st		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Mon, Jun 1st		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Wed, Jun 3rd		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th		@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#195
Fri, Jun 5th		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Wed, Jun 10th		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 16th		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Thu, Jun 18th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Fri, Jun 19th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st		vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 23rd		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Wed, Jun 24th		@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th		@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#297
Fri, Jun 26th		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#250
Sat, Jun 27th		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Tue, Jun 30th		vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Thu, Jul 2nd		vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sat, Jul 11th		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th		vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th		vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208
Sun, Jul 19th		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Thu, Jul 23rd		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th		@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Fri, Jul 31st		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, Aug 1st		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Tue, Aug 4th		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th		vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Fri, Aug 7th		vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th		vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, Aug 9th		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Mon, Aug 10th		@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th		@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Fri, Aug 14th		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148
Mon, Aug 17th		vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#402
Tue, Aug 18th		vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#248
Wed, Aug 19th		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Thu, Aug 20th		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Fri, Aug 21st		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd		vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd		vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Wed, Aug 26th		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153
Thu, Aug 27th		@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Fri, Aug 28th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, Aug 29th		@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sun, Aug 30th		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Tue, Sep 1st		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Thu, Sep 3rd		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Fri, Sep 4th		vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Sep 6th		vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Mon, Sep 7th		vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th		vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#55
Wed, Sep 9th		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Fri, Sep 11th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sun, Sep 13th		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Tue, Sep 15th		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Wed, Sep 16th		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Thu, Sep 17th		@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216
Fri, Sep 18th		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Sep 19th		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Sun, Sep 20th		@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd		vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd		vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th		vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th		vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th		vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th		vs CLE