Craig Kimbrel Stats

Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel picked up his second save of the season on Saturday versus the Brewers. Kimbrel has really struggled this year and Jeremy Jeffress who has been acting as the teams closer was unavailable, because hes pitched in three of the last four days. Kimbrel started the inning by allowing a pair of singles before recording a strikeout, groundout and a line out to give the Cubs the victory. Despite getting the save on Saturday, Jeremy Jeffress remains the best option in the Cubs bullpen.

4 months ago

Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel threw another scoreless inning on Wednesday versus the Tigers. Kimbrel did allow a walk, but struck out two on the evening. Kimbrel has now gone five straight outings without allowing a run and has struck out 11 batters and walked four without allowing a hit over 4 2/3 innings. Rowan Wick has seemed to be manager David Rosss preferred option with Jeremy Jeffress also seeing save chances, but with Wick struggling of late and Kimbrel trending upward, it looks like it may be time to jump back on the Kimbrel bandwagon.

5 months ago

The Chicago Cubs elected to give reliever Craig Kimbrel another save opportunity on Wednesday and he delivered in Game 2 of a doubleheader. Kimbrel had good command and was throwing gas to the Cardinals lineup. He struck out the first two batters before hitting Tommy Edman and ended the game by striking out Kolten Wong. Kimbrel got off to an atrocious start to the season, but he has now thrown three scoreless innings in his last three outings. Manager David Ross never publicly demoted Kimbrel from the closer, but Rowan Wick has received the bulk of save opportunities with four and Jeremy Jeffress has picked up two saves. Its a good sign to see Kimbrel look like his old self and only one can wonder if he has earned his role back. For now, Kimbrel and Wick seem the most likely to get saves for the Cubs and owners chasing saves should consider both until the bullpen irons itself out.

5 months ago