Kevin Ginkel
30-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
1-0
ERA
2.77
WHIP
1.00
K
13
SV
5
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Ginkel had his finest season to date in 2023, registering career-highs across multiple categories, including games played (60), innings pitched (65.1) and strikeouts (70). He was Arizona's best reliever, posting a 2.48 ERA (20th among qualified relievers) and 0.98 WHIP (12th) while racking up 9 wins, 8 holds and 4 saves as the D'Backs' setup man. The 29-year-old induced ground balls at a career-high 50.3% clip and kept the ball inside the park with only 3 home runs allowed (0.4 HR/9) all season. Ginkel's 9.1% walk percentage was a blemish that has remained constant throughout his career, thus some ratio regression should be expected, but his 5th-year breakout season puts him in line to pitch important innings again in 2024. Read Past Outlooks
Locks down save Sunday
Ginkel pitched a perfect ninth in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Mariners to earn his fifth save of the year. He struck out one.
ANALYSIS
Ginkel made quick work of the Mariners' hitters, needing only nine pitches to get three outs. He began by striking out Jorge Polanco and got the next two batters out on weak contact to shut the door. Ginkel has stepped up well in the closer role with Paul Sewald (oblique) on the mend, posting a 3.00 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 13:3 K:BB in 12 innings. Sewald recently suffered a minor setback in his recovery, meaning Ginkel will have the closer job for a little while longer.
Ginkel made quick work of the Mariners' hitters, needing only nine pitches to get three outs. He began by striking out Jorge Polanco and got the next two batters out on weak contact to shut the door. Ginkel has stepped up well in the closer role with Paul Sewald (oblique) on the mend, posting a 3.00 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 13:3 K:BB in 12 innings. Sewald recently suffered a minor setback in his recovery, meaning Ginkel will have the closer job for a little while longer.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
17
Last 5 Games
14
How many pitches does Kevin Ginkel generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Kevin Ginkel generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-16%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-31%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .181 | 50 | 18 | 28 | 2 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .216 | 63 | 19 | 50 | 3 | |||
2024vs Left | .172 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||
2024vs Right | .250 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .176 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 1 | |||
2023vs Right | .185 | 41 | 12 | 25 | 2 | |||
2022vs Left | .200 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |||
2022vs Right | .263 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-31%
ERA on Road
2024
-14%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.29 | 1.15 | 52.0 | 8.5 | 2.6 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.26 | 0.99 | 55.2 | 10.3 | 3.6 | ||||
2024Home | 2.57 | 0.71 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | ||||
2024Away | 3.00 | 1.33 | 6.0 | 13.5 | 4.5 | ||||
2023Home | 2.41 | 0.89 | 33.2 | 9.4 | 2.4 | ||||
2023Away | 2.56 | 1.07 | 31.2 | 9.9 | 4.0 | ||||
2022Home | 6.35 | 2.21 | 11.1 | 7.9 | 4.8 | ||||
2022Away | 1.50 | 0.72 | 18.0 | 10.0 | 2.5 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Kevin Ginkel compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
4.33K/9
9.0BB/9
2.1HR/9
0.7Fastball
95.5 mphERA
2.77WHIP
1.00BABIP
.276GB/FB
1.45Left On Base
60.3%Exit Velocity
82.0 mphBarrels/BBE
2.6%Spin Rate
2429 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.8%Swinging Strike
11.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
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2020
Ginkel pitched more innings in the minors (30.2 innings) than the majors (29.1) in 2022, but the D'Backs called him up in August and he spent the remainder of the season pitching for Arizona. The right-hander averaged a career-best 96.4 mph on his fastball, while his slider was effective in generating whiffs (44.3%) and producing strikeouts. His K-rate was in line with prior season outputs and he induced ground balls at a career-high rate at 48.8%. Ginkel is an NL-only and deeper mixed league spec for saves, as he tallied nine in the minors last year and recorded a save for Arizona on the final day of the season, but he'll need to limit his walks (3.4 BB/9) to be considered for more chances.
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Notches fourth save
Ginkel earned a save after he pitched one inning, allowing one run on two hits while striking out a batter in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Giants.
ANALYSIS
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Hit with blown save
Ginkel allowed a run on two hits in one inning Monday. He struck out one batter and blew a save chance during the loss to the Cubs.
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Records third save
Ginkel earned a save against the Cardinals on Saturday with a perfect inning of work.
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Notches second save
Ginkel gave up a hit and walked two in a scoreless ninth inning Wednesday to record his second save of the season in a 5-3 win over the Rockies. He struck out two.
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Picks up first save of season
Ginkel fired a perfect ninth in a 3-2 win over the Rockies on Tuesday to pick up his first save of the year. He struck out two.
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