Kevin Ginkel
30-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
8-3
ERA
2.86
WHIP
1.13
K
68
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
Unable to hold lead
Ginkel allowed one unearned run on two hits and struck out two over 1.1 innings in Sunday's 8-7 extra-innings loss to the Rays.
ANALYSIS
Ginkel was the pitcher of record when Arizona took a 7-6 lead in the top half of the 10th inning -- the Diamondbacks scored six combined runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings to force extra innings. He was unable to hold the lead and spoiled what would have been a dramatic comeback win. It's unclear why manager Torey Lovullo didn't go with a rested Justin Martinez, who has been given the bulk of save opportunities since Paul Sewald was removed as the team's closer.
Ginkel was the pitcher of record when Arizona took a 7-6 lead in the top half of the 10th inning -- the Diamondbacks scored six combined runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings to force extra innings. He was unable to hold the lead and spoiled what would have been a dramatic comeback win. It's unclear why manager Torey Lovullo didn't go with a rested Justin Martinez, who has been given the bulk of save opportunities since Paul Sewald was removed as the team's closer.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
15
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
-7%
BAA vs LHP
2024
Even Split
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .210 | 71 | 23 | 48 | 4 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .225 | 97 | 24 | 78 | 4 | |||
2024vs Left | .243 | 32 | 7 | 25 | 3 | |||
2024vs Right | .244 | 36 | 6 | 33 | 1 | |||
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
-10%
ERA on Road
2024
-33%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 2.95 | 1.21 | 76.1 | 9.3 | 2.5 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.66 | 1.00 | 81.1 | 9.8 | 2.9 | ||||
2024Home | 2.30 | 1.18 | 31.1 | 9.8 | 1.7 | ||||
2024Away | 3.41 | 1.07 | 31.2 | 9.7 | 2.0 | ||||
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
5.23K/9
9.7BB/9
1.9HR/9
0.6Fastball
95.8 mphERA
2.86WHIP
1.13BABIP
.330GB/FB
1.58Left On Base
68.8%Exit Velocity
81.8 mphBarrels/BBE
2.5%Spin Rate
2422 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
21.5%Swinging Strike
12.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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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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Enters in sixth inning
Ginkel allowed three runs on one hit, one walk and a hit batsman over two-thirds of an inning in Friday's 9-8 win over the Pirates.
ANALYSIS
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Could be in mix for saves
Ginkel and A.J. Puk are the favorites to see save chances after Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo removed Paul Sewald as the team's closer Friday, Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic reports.
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Earns hold in win
Ginkel did not allow a hit or walk over a scoreless inning to earn a hold in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Cubs.
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Picks up win in return
Ginkel (4-1) returned from a leg injury and picked up Tuesday's win over the Giants. He allowed two hits and struck out one over 1.1 scoreless innings.
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X-rays come back clean
Ginkel is day-to-day after X-rays on his left knee came back negative following Saturday's 10-5 win over the Mets, Jesse Friedman of GoPHNX.com reports.
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