Kirby Yates
RP - SD
Age: 33College: Yavapai CollegeBats: LThrows: R
2020 Outlook
Draft Rank (ECR)
P #21
Best / Worst
#6 / #32
ADP
#68
Ownership
Yahoo
99%
ESPN
99%
Eligibility
Yahoo
RP
ESPN
RP
CBS
RP
Expert Note
View More NotesYate led the league in saves last year with 41, and continued to lower his already impressive ERA and WHIP. He has an elite strikeout rate and is outstanding at limiting home runs, which is everything you want in a closer. Josh Hader should be the first reliever taken but Yates should be a close second.
Player News
View More NewsKirby Yates arrived to summer camp on Tuesday
Padres closer Kirby Yates made his summer camp debut on Tuesday night.
Fantasy Impact
There was a positive COVID-19 test within Yates’ family, which delayed his arrival to camp. The good news is he passed MLB’s testing protocol and is good to go moving forward. Yates led the league with 41 saves last year and should be one of the first closers coming off fantasy draft boards this month.
Recent Articles
View More Articles | Closers feel like more reliable investments this season than starting pitchers, many of whom will not see anything close to their usual workloads and face greater-than-usual injury risk as they attempt to ramp up their arm strength during an abbreviated "Spring Training."  by in Fantasy5 days ago |
Rankings
View More Rankings| ECR | Best | Worst | # of Experts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draft | #80 | #29 | #169 | 47 |
| Rest of Season | - | - | - | - |
| Dynasty | #156 | #110 | #142 | 3 |
ECR vs ADP
| G | GS | W | L | SV | BS | HD | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 23.0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 2.82 | 1.04 |
Stats
View More Stats| Pitching Stats | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | BB% | K | K% | ERA | WHIP | ||||||
| 2017 | LAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 20.00 | 18.00 | 2.00 | ||||||
| 2017 | SD | 61 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 55.2 | 42 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 19 | 8.41 | 87 | 38.50 | 3.72 | 1.10 | ||||||
| 2017 Totals | 62 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 56.2 | 44 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 19 | 8.23 | 88 | 38.10 | 3.97 | 1.11 | |||||||
| 2018 | SD | 65 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 63 | 41 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 6.80 | 90 | 36.00 | 2.14 | 0.92 | ||||||
| 2019 | SD | 60 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 60.2 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 5.35 | 101 | 41.56 | 1.19 | 0.89 | ||||||
History
Game Log
View More Games| Game | OPP | Score | DEC | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 22 | vs. ARI | W, 4-6 | - | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Wed, Sep 18 | @ MIL | W, 2-1 | SV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Tue, Sep 10 | vs. CHC | W, 8-9 | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sun, Sep 8 | vs. COL | W, 1-2 | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Game Schedule
View Schedule| Game | Opp. Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opp | Time | Pitcher | VBR | Matchup |
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ARI | 9:10pm | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ARI | 9:10pm | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ARI | 4:10pm | |||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs ARI | 4:10pm | |||
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