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Craig Kimbrel

Birthdate: 5/28/1988 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 5-11/205 Position: P
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5/20/2013: Kimbrel picked up his third save in as many days Sunday by striking out the side against the Dodgers.

5/8/2013 - Craig Kimbrel and the Reds' Unlikeliest Comeback by Jack Moore (FanGraphs)

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3/29/2013 - Atlanta Braves Bullpen: Depth Chart Discussions by Brett Talley (RotoGraphs)

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1/26/2013 - What Craig Kimbrel's Breaking Ball Is Doing Tonigh» by Carson Cistulli (NotGraphs)

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1/18/2013 - RotoGraphs Mock Draft: Relievers in the First 15 R» by Colin Zarzycki (RotoGraphs)

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Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2008	Braves (R)	1	2	6	12	0	19.0	12.79	4.74	0.00	.122	77.8 %			0.47	2.41
2008	Braves (A)	2	0	4	10	0	12.2	18.47	2.84	0.00	.333	90.0 %			0.71	0.04
2008	Braves (A+)	0	0	0	2	0	3.2	7.36	2.45	0.00	.500	100.0 %			0.00	2.38
2009	Braves (A)	0	0	10	16	0	20.0	17.10	2.70	0.00	.290	87.5 %			0.90	0.45
2009	Braves (A+)	0	2	2	19	0	26.1	15.38	9.57	0.68	.340	63.4 %			5.47	4.07
2009	Braves (AA)	2	1	6	12	0	11.2	13.11	5.40	0.00	.150	90.9 %			0.77	2.34
2009	Braves (AAA)	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	13.50	18.00	0.00	.000	100.0 %			0.00	6.20
2010	Braves (AAA)	3	2	23	48	0	55.2	13.42	5.66	0.49	.238	86.0 %			1.62	3.02
2010	Braves	4	0	1	21	0	20.2	17.42	6.97	0.00	.281	92.0 %	28.1 %	0.0 %	0.44	1.53	2.48	0.5
2010	Braves	0	1	0	4	0	4.1	14.54	2.08	0.00	.200	0.0 %	80.0 %	0.0 %	2.08	0.54	0.82
2011	Braves	4	3	46	79	0	77.0	14.84	3.74	0.35	.315	80.7 %	44.8 %	5.3 %	2.10	1.52	1.94	3.1
2012	Braves	3	1	42	63	0	62.2	16.66	2.01	0.43	.250	92.8 %	49.0 %	9.7 %	1.01	0.78	0.88	3.3
2012	Braves	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	9.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	1.09	4.03
2013	Steamer	4	1	35	52	0	53.0	14.36	3.62	0.57	.300	84.1 %			1.85	2.04		1.3
2013	Bill James	5	2	39	64	0	65.0	15.09	3.05	0.42	.294				1.38	1.38
2013	Oliver	6	2				68.0	14.34	3.68	0.39	.286	78.7 %			2.11	1.73
2013	Fans (36)	4	2	40	67	0	68.0	13.37	2.38	0.40	.301	76.1 %			2.28	1.59		3.3
2013	ZiPS	5	1		69	0	69.0	15.39	3.65	0.65	.301	89.8 %			1.57	1.92		1.8
2013	Braves	1	1	14	19	0	18.1	14.24	1.96	1.47	.294	94.2 %	47.2 %	25.0 %	2.45	2.83	1.64	0.4
2013	ZiPS (R)	4	1		49	0	48.0	15.26	3.39	0.79	.307	89.0 %			1.78	2.03		1.2
2013	ZiPS (U)	5	2		68	0	66.0	14.97	3.00	0.98	.307	89.4 %			1.96	2.25		1.6
2013	Steamer (R)	3	1	25	48	0	38.0	14.16	3.43	0.58	.275	84.7 %			1.79	1.98		1.0
2013	Steamer (U)	4	2	39	67	0	56.0	14.19	2.95	0.87	.281	87.2 %			2.00	2.26		1.3
Total	- - -	12	5	103	182	0	178.2	15.72	3.32	0.45	.289	86.8 %	44.7 %	7.8 %	1.56	1.40	1.60	7.4
Postseason	- - -	0	1	0	5	0	5.1	13.50	1.69	0.00	.143	0.0 %	57.1 %	0.0 %	1.69	0.64	1.42

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Standard

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2008	Braves (R)	1	2	0.47	12	0	0	0	6			19.0	81	5	4	1	0	10	1	3	4	0	27
2008	Braves (A)	2	0	0.71	10	0	0	0	4			12.2	48	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	26
2008	Braves (A+)	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0			3.2	14	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
2009	Braves (A)	0	0	0.90	16	0	0	0	10			20.0	76	9	2	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	38
2009	Braves (A+)	0	2	5.47	19	0	0	0	2			26.1	123	18	19	16	2	28	1	1	8	1	45
2009	Braves (AA)	2	1	0.77	12	0	0	0	6			11.2	45	3	1	1	0	7	0	1	1	0	17
2009	Braves (AAA)	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0			2.0	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	3
2010	Braves (AAA)	3	2	1.62	48	0	0	0	23			55.2	230	28	13	10	3	35	0	4	8	1	83
2010	Braves	4	0	0.44	21	0	0	0	1	2	0	20.2	88	9	2	1	0	16	1	0	4	0	40
2010	Braves	0	1	2.08	4	0	0	0	0		0	4.1	13	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
2011	Braves	4	3	2.10	79	0	0	0	46	0	8	77.0	306	48	19	18	3	32	1	1	4	0	127
2012	Braves	3	1	1.01	63	0	0	0	42	0	3	62.2	231	27	7	7	3	14	0	2	5	0	116
2012	Braves	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2013	Steamer	4	1	1.85	52	0			35			53.0	212	31	12	11	3	21		2			85
2013	Bill James	5	2	1.38	64	0			39			65.0		34			3	22		2			109
2013	Oliver	6	2	2.11						0		68.0	275	41	18	16	3	28	1	2			109
2013	Fans (36)	4	2	2.28	67	0			40			68.0		42	18	17	3	18		2			101
2013	ZiPS	5	1	1.57	69	0						69.0		38	13	12	5	28	1	2	6	0	118
2013	Braves	1	1	2.45	19	0	0	0	14	0	3	18.1	71	13	5	5	3	4	1	1	0	0	29
2013	ZiPS (R)	4	1	1.78	49	0						48.0		28	10	9	4	18		2			82
2013	ZiPS (U)	5	2	1.96	68	0						66.0		41	16	14	7	22		3			111
2013	Steamer (R)	3	1	1.79	48	0			25			38.0	151	23	9	8	2	14		1			60
2013	Steamer (U)	4	2	2.00	67	0			39			56.0	222	36	14	13	5	18		2			89
Total	- - -	12	5	1.56	182	0	0	0	103	2	14	178.2	696	97	33	31	9	66	3	4	13	0	312
Postseason	- - -	0	1	1.69	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	16	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	8

Advanced

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2008	Braves (R)	12.79	4.74	2.70	0.00	33.3 %	12.4 %	.074	0.79	.122	77.8 %			2.41
2008	Braves (A)	18.47	2.84	6.50	0.00	54.2 %	8.3 %	.136	0.79	.333	90.0 %			0.04
2008	Braves (A+)	7.36	2.45	3.00	0.00	21.4 %	7.1 %	.385	1.64	.500	100.0 %			2.38
2009	Braves (A)	17.10	2.70	6.33	0.00	50.0 %	7.9 %	.130	0.75	.290	87.5 %			0.45
2009	Braves (A+)	15.38	9.57	1.61	0.68	36.6 %	22.8 %	.192	1.75	.340	63.4 %			4.07
2009	Braves (AA)	13.11	5.40	2.43	0.00	37.8 %	15.6 %	.081	0.86	.150	90.9 %			2.34
2009	Braves (AAA)	13.50	18.00	0.75	0.00	30.0 %	40.0 %	.000	2.00	.000	100.0 %			6.20
2010	Braves (AAA)	13.42	5.66	2.37	0.49	36.1 %	15.2 %	.147	1.13	.238	86.0 %			3.02
2010	Braves	17.42	6.97	2.50	0.00	45.5 %	18.2 %	.125	1.21	.281	92.0 %	11	39	1.53
2010	Braves	14.54	2.08	7.00	0.00	53.9 %	7.7 %	.083	0.46	.200	0.0 %	52	14	0.54
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	Braves	14.84	3.74	3.97	0.35	41.5 %	10.5 %	.176	1.04	.315	80.7 %	55	39	1.52
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2012	Braves	16.66	2.01	8.29	0.43	50.2 %	6.1 %	.126	0.65	.250	92.8 %	26	21	0.78
2012	Braves	9.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	33.3 %	0.0 %	.000	0.00	.000	100.0 %	0	29	1.09
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	14.36	3.62	3.97	0.57			.172	0.99	.300	84.1 %			2.04
2013	Bill James	15.09	3.05	4.95	0.42			.156	0.86	.294				1.38
2013	Oliver	14.34	3.68	3.89	0.39	39.6 %	10.2 %	.167	1.01	.286	78.7 %			1.73
2013	Fans (36)	13.37	2.38	5.61	0.40			.180	0.88	.301	76.1 %			1.59
2013	ZiPS	15.39	3.65	4.21	0.65			.163	0.96	.301	89.8 %			1.92
2013	Braves	14.24	1.96	7.25	1.47	40.9 %	5.6 %	.197	0.93	.294	94.2 %	65	73	2.83
2013	Average	7.61	3.10	2.45	1.03	19.9 %	8.1 %	.249	1.30	.291	73.0 %			4.14
2013	ZiPS (R)	15.26	3.39	4.50	0.79			.172	0.96	.307	89.0 %			2.03
2013	ZiPS (U)	14.97	3.00	5.00	0.98			.180	0.95	.307	89.4 %			2.25
2013	Steamer (R)	14.16	3.43	4.13	0.58			.174	0.97	.275	84.7 %			1.98
2013	Steamer (U)	14.19	2.95	4.81	0.87			.183	0.96	.281	87.2 %			2.26
Total	- - -	15.72	3.32	4.73	0.45	44.8 %	9.5 %	.155	0.91	.289	86.8 %	41	36	1.40
Postseason	- - -	13.50	1.69	8.00	0.00	50.0 %	6.3 %	.067	0.38	.143	0.0 %	42	17	0.64

Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2010	Braves	0.56	21.9 %	28.1 %	50.0 %	6.3 %	0.0 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	1.81	2.41	62	2.48
2010	Braves	4.00	0.0 %	80.0 %	20.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	-0.76	0.41	21	0.82
2011	Braves	1.12	15.4 %	44.8 %	39.9 %	14.0 %	5.3 %	10.9 %	33.3 %	1.47	1.62	50	1.94
2012	Braves	1.55	19.4 %	49.0 %	31.6 %	3.2 %	9.7 %	4.2 %	0.0 %	0.96	0.68	23	0.88
2012	Braves	0.00	0.0 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	-0.52	4.08	103	4.03
2013	Braves	1.42	19.4 %	47.2 %	33.3 %	25.0 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2.93	1.30	41	1.64
Total	- - -	1.19	17.8 %	44.7 %	37.5 %	11.2 %	7.8 %	8.7 %	20.0 %	1.48	1.33	41	1.60
Postseason	- - -	1.33	0.0 %	57.1 %	42.9 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	-0.71	0.61	37	1.42

More Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2010	Braves	9	16	7	1	3	0	0	21	160	224	384
2010	Braves	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	21	44	65
2011	Braves	64	57	22	8	7	3	1	6	471	843	1314
2012	Braves	48	31	19	1	2	1	0	4	275	661	936
2012	Braves	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	11
2013	Braves	17	12	7	3	0	1	0	1	96	185	281
Total	- - -	138	116	55	13	12	5	1	32	1002	1913	2915
Postseason	- - -	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	51	76

Win Probability

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2010	Braves	0.47	-0.62	1.08	7.23	0.76	0.68	0.57	0.59	0.59	14	0.44	0.25	3	1
2010	Braves	0.33	-0.14	0.47	2.25	0.25	1.66	1.67	1.53	3.80	2	0.26	-0.06	1	0
2011	Braves	1.51	-8.80	10.31	13.07	1.54	1.89	1.68	1.71	2.51	15	1.05	-0.25	35	10
2012	Braves	4.15	-4.47	8.62	22.71	2.48	1.76	1.75	1.75	2.41	7	1.98	0.38	37	4
2012	Braves	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.46	0.05	0.09	0.12	0.12		0	0.07	0.00	0	0
2013	Braves	-0.04	-2.59	2.56	3.49	0.40	1.70	1.80	1.81	2.34	2	-0.18	0.16	10	3
Total	- - -	6.10	-16.48	22.57	46.50	5.18	1.67	1.58	1.60	1.77	38	3.29	0.37	85	18
Postseason	- - -	0.33	-0.14	0.47	2.71	0.30	1.38	1.41	1.25	3.80	2	0.33	-0.09	1	0

Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CB%	XX%
2010	Braves	78.2% (95.4)	21.8% (84.7)		0.8%
2011	Braves	69.5% (96.2)	30.5% (86.8)		0.5%
2012	Braves	67.6% (96.8)		32.4% (85.8)	0.2%
2013	Braves	75.5% (96.3)		24.5% (85.4)	1.4%
Total	- - -	70.6% (96.3)	16.6% (86.5)	12.8% (85.7)	0.5%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2010	Braves	74.5 %	3.1 %	21.6 %
2011	Braves	69.3 %		30.3 %
2012	Braves	62.3 %	4.9 %	32.6 %
2013	Braves	67.4 %	6.3 %	23.9 %	0.7 %	0.4 %
Total	- - -	67.6 %	2.6 %	29.2 %	0.1 %	0.0 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vSL	vCU	vCH
2010	Braves	95.4	94.9	84.7
2011	Braves	96.2		86.8
2012	Braves	96.8	97.2	85.7
2013	Braves	96.1	97.0	85.4	76.8	82.0
Total	- - -	96.2	96.8	86.1	76.8	82.0

Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCB	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCB/C
2010	Braves	2.9	2.7		0.97	3.26
2011	Braves	9.9	11.1		1.09	2.79
2012	Braves	18.5		8.3	2.93		2.74
2013	Braves	-0.6		3.0	-0.28		4.39
Total	- - -	30.7	13.8	11.3	1.50	2.87	3.04

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wSL	wCU	wCH
2010	Braves	2.4	0.6	3.0
2011	Braves	9.8		10.9
2012	Braves	16.8	1.3	9.6
2013	Braves	1.9	-2.0	3.0	-0.1	0.1
Total	- - -	30.8	-0.1	26.5	-0.1	0.1

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2010	Braves	0.83	4.84	3.59
2011	Braves	1.08		2.75
2012	Braves	2.92	2.87	3.20
2013	Braves	0.97	-10.88	4.48	-3.02	5.21
Total	- - -	1.57	-0.12	3.13	-3.02	5.21

Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2010	Braves	21.5 %	61.7 %	41.0 %	58.5 %	67.6 %	65.1 %	48.5 %	43.2 %	13.5 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2011	Braves	32.1 %	57.1 %	43.5 %	43.4 %	76.8 %	63.4 %	45.5 %	56.2 %	15.8 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	Braves	36.9 %	64.5 %	50.7 %	45.6 %	70.1 %	61.2 %	50.0 %	70.6 %	19.2 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
2013	Braves	33.1 %	63.2 %	47.6 %	40.4 %	79.8 %	65.7 %	48.4 %	66.2 %	15.7 %
2013	Average	29.7 %	65.0 %	45.8 %	66.2 %	86.6 %	79.4 %	45.8 %	60.1 %	9.2 %
Total	- - -	32.3 %	60.8 %	45.9 %	45.2 %	73.5 %	63.0 %	47.6 %	60.3 %	16.6 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2010	Braves	22.2 %	58.3 %	39.9 %	53.5 %	68.8 %	64.5 %	49.1 %	22.5
2010	Average	28.4 %	61.3 %	44.9 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.4 %	21.5
2011	Braves	32.2 %	55.0 %	43.3 %	42.6 %	75.6 %	63.0 %	48.7 %	20.4
2011	Average	28.9 %	62.1 %	45.6 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	50.1 %	21.6
2012	Braves	34.8 %	64.5 %	50.1 %	41.9 %	70.8 %	61.1 %	51.5 %	22.3
2012	Average	29.3 %	62.2 %	45.6 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.5 %	22.1
2013	Braves	34.3 %	60.7 %	47.0 %	48.0 %	75.6 %	65.2 %	48.0 %	23.0
2013	Average	29.0 %	62.2 %	45.3 %	63.1 %	87.2 %	79.4 %	49.2 %	22.5
Total	- - -	31.9 %	59.1 %	45.4 %	44.0 %	73.0 %	62.7 %	49.6 %	21.5

Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	SB	FP
2010	Braves	P	21	20.2	0	0	1	1	3	.000
2011	Braves	P	79	77.0	4	7	0	0	1	1.000
2012	Braves	P	63	62.2	0	5	0	0	8	1.000
2013	Braves	P	19	18.1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
Total	- - -	P	182	178.2	5	14	1	1	12	.950

Advanced Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	DRS
2010	Braves	P	20.2	0	0
2011	Braves	P	77.0	1	1
2012	Braves	P	62.2	-1	-1
2013	Braves	P	18.1	0	0
Total	- - -	P	178.2	0	0

Value

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2010	Braves	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	4.7	0.5	$2.0
2011	Braves	2.7	-0.3	-0.1	-0.5	28.3	3.1	$14.1
2012	Braves	3.6	0.4	-0.1	0.3	30.5	3.3	$15.0
2013	Braves	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.2	3.6	0.4	$2.0
Total	- - -	7.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	67.1	7.4	$33.1

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