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    Kimbrel article

    from June 19m 2017

    By Tom Verducci June 19, 2017
    This story appears in the June 26, 2017, issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED.

    When Craig Kimbrel stepped on the pitching rubber at Yankee Stadium on June 6 and took his predatory, pterodactylian pose—bent at the waist, right arm held askance like an open wing—what had been a taut baseball game between New York and Boston, with its usual parry and thrust, instantly became something else. It became a one-man Broadway show, a well-attended game of catch between Kimbrel and his catcher, Christian Vázquez, and an emphatic statement about relief pitching evolved to its highest order.

    Summoned in the eighth inning, Kimbrel would throw 30 pitches to close a 5–4 Red Sox win. The Yankees put none of them in play. Kimbrel obtained the final four outs while striking out five batters, the overage due to a devious 88-mph curveball that was as hard for Vázquez to catch as it was for the batter, Didi Gregorius, to hit. The outing made Kimbrel the first pitcher in history with three games in which he recorded more strikeouts than outs while working at least one inning.
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    Traded for salary relief in 2017 that isn’t being used to improve the MLB club.

    What a shame.

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    he's on track for the HoF as arguably the greatest relief pitcher of all time
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Traded for salary relief in 2017 that isn’t being used to improve the MLB club.

    What a shame.
    Don't know who insisted on attaching Melvin, but it certainly diluted Kimbrel's value. I hope the new regime is allowed to send money along with players they are trying to unload to maintain some level of value of the commodity being traded.

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    Kimbrel becomes a free agent in 2019 I home he comes home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    he's on track for the HoF as arguably the greatest relief pitcher of all time
    Yep.

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    Craig and his friend needed to install an outlet in the kitchen. First they’d have to move a stack of about a dozen sheetrock panels that leaned against a wall. “We grabbed the sheetrock, and all of a sudden the whole stack was coming down on me,” Craig says. “It happened real fast. I tried to get out of the way, but it didn’t work out so well. The sheetrock fell on my left foot and broke it. They rushed me to the hospital.”

    Kimbrel’s foot was in a cast for three months. To keep his arm fresh, he would play long toss from his knees at a nearby soccer field. He would throw a yellow, dimpled, rubber-coated ball the length of the field over and over. Kimbrel believes this not only increased his arm strength but also allowed him to learn about generating power from his torso by being forced to isolate his upper body. (Limited from workouts by the cast, he also gained weight; he now weighs 200 pounds.)

    Not long after returning to pitch in the spring as a starter, Kimbrel, who threw in the low 90s in high school, hit 95. The Braves, his favorite team, drafted him in the 33rd round, but Kimbrel returned to Wallace State for a second season. Atlanta drafted him again—this time 30 rounds earlier. The Braves took stock of a short, righthanded pitcher with a power arm and a mediocre changeup and immediately told him his future would be in the bullpen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by depley View Post
    Kimbrel becomes a free agent in 2019 I home he comes home.
    I think he will as long as we don't insult him with the offer. I know it was in Hart's things to do list.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    he's on track for the HoF as arguably the greatest relief pitcher of all time
    Using fWAR he's right there. With at least 450 IP since 1960, Kimbrel is currently 14th in fWAR, Just ahead of Kenley Jansen who's competing with Kimbrel in the quest for great relievers. If Kimbrel comes close to this year he should shoot into the top 10.
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    I know Boston will offer him a ransom to stay but if we get close i think he will wanna come back home.

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    I love Craig, but giving a 30-year-old Craig Kimbrel huge money in 2019 seems like a really dangerous proposition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MadduxFanII View Post
    I love Craig, but giving a 30-year-old Craig Kimbrel huge money in 2019 seems like a really dangerous proposition.
    Especially since a closer to a losing team has basically no value. Sure he makes us better but unless we intend on being a playoff team then there's no way we bring him back.
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    We will no doubt be a playoff contender in 2019 and going into 2020

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    Um, I hate to constantly inject reality into these silly discussions, but Kimbrel’s next contract is going to start the bidding at 5/80, and will likely approach $90M. The Braves will not be bidding anywhere near that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hudson2 View Post
    We will no doubt be a playoff contender in 2019 and going into 2020

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dalyn View Post
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