Comments on: Roster Recap: Craig Kimbrel’s So-So First Impression http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/12/28/roster-recap-craig-kimbrels-so-so-first-impression/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Harmony http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/12/28/roster-recap-craig-kimbrels-so-so-first-impression/#comment-10505 Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:40:36 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=12923#comment-10505 Boston and Seattle acquired closers last offseason in Craig Kimbrel and Steve Cishek. Kimbrel retains his closer’s role while Cishek lost his in August to rookie Edwin Diaz.

Kimbrel and Cishek posted these stat lines in 2016:

SC 62 G, 64 IP, 2.81 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 3.0 BB/9, 10.7 K/9, 144 ERA+, 1.6 bWAR, 0.9 fWAR
CK 57 G, 53 IP, 3.40 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 5.1 BB/9, 14.1 K/9, 135 ERA+, 0 9 bWAR, 1.2 fWAR

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