2024 Stats
W-L
0-2
ERA
3.24
WHIP
1.32
K
8
SV
7
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Finnegan was 14th in the majors with a career-high 28 saves for the Nationals, which represented a 66.7% team save share. The 32-year-old pitched a career-high 69.1 innings, but he may have run out of gas down the stretch as he posted a 7.63 ERA and 1.89 WHIP over the last month-and-a-half. His performance otherwise (2.55 ERA, 1.11 WHIP) was solid and he was Washington's highest leveraged reliever per WPA (1.88) and gmLI (1.90). Finnegan still relied heavily on his upper-90's fastball (70% usage), but he threw more split fingers (24.8%) since it was his most successful pitch (.167 BAA, 35.3% whiff) last year. However, the right-hander produced a career-worst strikeout rate (21.7%) and permitted 11 home runs (17.7% HR/FB%). With the Nationals playing more competitive ball, they may turn to a reliever with more upside for ninth inning duties. They have a few internal options (Harvey, Rainey), so don't be surprised if Finnegan gets fewer save opportunities in 2024. Read Past Outlooks
Up to seven saves
Finnegan earned the save in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Dodgers, striking out one in a perfect ninth inning.
ANALYSIS
Finnegan's now gone seven straight appearances (6.2 innings) without allowing an earned run. He's up to seven saves on the year, tying Ryan Helsley and Clay Holmes for the league lead. The 32-year-old Finnegan lowered his ERA to 3.24 with a 1.32 WHIP and 8:5 K:BB through his first 8.1 innings this season.
Finnegan's now gone seven straight appearances (6.2 innings) without allowing an earned run. He's up to seven saves on the year, tying Ryan Helsley and Clay Holmes for the league lead. The 32-year-old Finnegan lowered his ERA to 3.24 with a 1.32 WHIP and 8:5 K:BB through his first 8.1 innings this season.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
12
How many pitches does Kyle Finnegan generally throw?
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What part of the game does Kyle Finnegan generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-23%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-28%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .201 | 62 | 30 | 46 | 7 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .261 | 79 | 21 | 80 | 15 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .231 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .167 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .232 | 27 | 17 | 26 | 4 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .270 | 36 | 7 | 40 | 7 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .163 | 31 | 12 | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .264 | 39 | 10 | 37 | 7 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-30%
ERA at Home
2024
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 2.99 | 1.05 | 72.1 | 7.5 | 2.6 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.25 | 1.40 | 72.0 | 10.1 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0.00 | 0.50 | 2.0 | 13.5 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 4.26 | 1.58 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 5.7 | ||||
| 2023Home | 4.15 | 1.27 | 34.2 | 6.8 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.38 | 1.33 | 34.2 | 9.6 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2022Home | 2.02 | 0.87 | 35.2 | 7.8 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2022Away | 5.23 | 1.45 | 31.0 | 11.3 | 3.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Kyle Finnegan 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
1.60K/9
8.6BB/9
5.4HR/9
2.2Fastball
96.9 mphERA
3.24WHIP
1.32BABIP
.205GB/FB
1.60Left On Base
85.4%Swinging Strike
11.6%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Trade interest confirmed
Nationals president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo said Sunday the organization has received significant trade interest for Finnegan, reports Jim Bowden of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
It's not surprising Finnegan's name has come up as a potential trade acquisition, but it's still notable to have the front office confirm as much. The right-hander has 14 saves with a 3.07 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 42:14 K:BB across 44 innings this season, and he's under team control through the 2025 campaign.
It's not surprising Finnegan's name has come up as a potential trade acquisition, but it's still notable to have the front office confirm as much. The right-hander has 14 saves with a 3.07 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 42:14 K:BB across 44 innings this season, and he's under team control through the 2025 campaign.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
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2021
Finnegan's 2022 season was basically a carbon copy of the year prior with some slight improvements. For starters, he added velocity on his sinker, a pitch he threw 79% of the time at 97 mph on average, compared to 95.6 mph in 2021. This yielded a career-best 26.1% strikeout rate, while his walk rate dropped a few percentage points to 8.2%. Finnegan also established career marks with a 1.14 WHIP, six wins and 14 holds, while tying a career high with 11 saves after Nationals' closer Tanner Rainey had season-ending Tommy John surgery. He maintained his reverse splits, performing better against lefty swingers (.185 BA since 2020) compared to right-handed batters (.273). Washington is very clearly in rebuild mode, so don't count on many save chances after the team finished with a league-low 28 saves in 2022. However, if Finnegan maintains the closer role in 2023 and holds it all season, he makes for a fine CL2.
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Nails down another save
Finnegan picked up a save against the Dodgers on Monday, striking out one batter in a perfect inning.
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Picks up save No. 5
Finnegan picked up the save Saturday in Oakland, striking out one in a perfect inning.
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Tagged with loss Friday
Finnegan (0-2) took the loss Friday, giving up an unearned run on a hit and a walk in the 10th inning against the A's. He struck out one.
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Avoids disaster, earns fourth save
Finnegan picked up the save Tuesday against San Francisco, allowing two hits and two walks over 1.1 scoreless innings with no strikeouts.
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Nails down third save
Finnegan earned the save Sunday against Philadelphia, allowing no hits and one walk over a scoreless inning while striking out one.
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