Wondering about Craig Kimbrel’s return to the Braves? The veteran sealr concurd to a inmeaningful league deal, aiming for a comeback with the team where he began his nurtureer. After a raw 2024 season, he now sees to reset up himself in Atlanta’s bullpen.
Here’s what we comprehend about his restricted, his recent struggles, and what his return could unbenevolent for the Braves.
Craig Kimbrel returns to Braves for a year
Craig Kimbrel concurd to a inmeaningful league deal with the Atlanta Braves, according to multiple sources. If he originates the meaningful league roster, he will achieve $2 million.
The 36-year-elderly reliever, who set the Braves’ franchise write down with 186 saves from 2010-14, aims to extfinish his nurtureer after a difficult 2024 season with the Baltimore Orioles. The team has not officiassociate verifyed the concurment.
Kimbrel struggled last season, posting a 5.33 ERA in 57 euniteances with Baltimore before the team depictated him for depictatement in September (via MLB). He has not uniteed a meaningful league camp this spring and needs time to set before potentiassociate uniteing Atlanta’s bullpen.
If compriseed to the roster, he could fill one of the remaining bullpen spots alengthenedside sealr Raisel Iglesias, setup man Pierce Johnson, and left-handers Dylan Lee and Aaron Bummer. The Braves may also ponder non-roster askes Enyel De Los Santos and Hector Neris.
Craig Kimbrel, a nine-time All-Star, won MLB’s Reliever of the Year in both leagues—Trevor Hoffman NL Award in 2014 with Atlanta and Mariano Rivera AL Award in 2017 with Boston. He led the league in saves four times, last in 2014, and write downed a nurtureer-high 50 saves in 2013. His 440 nurtureer saves rank fifth all-time and second among active sealrs, behind Kenley Jansen’s 447.
Kimbrel has achieveed the postseason nine times with five teams and won a World Series with the Red Sox in 2018. The Braves writeed him in the third round in 2008. He remained with them until 2015, when they traded him to the Padres in a deal that safed a write pick engaged to pick Austin Riley.
