2024 Stats
W-L
8-3
ERA
3.21
WHIP
1.20
K
77
SV
5
2025 Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Ginkel recorded five saves as Arizona's closer when Paul Sewald began the 2024 season on the injured list. When Sewald returned, Ginkel was relegated to setup duties for the remainder of the campaign, but the right-hander established new career-highs in games played (72), innings (70), strikeouts (77) and holds (18). His 5.2 percent walk rate was also the best of his career and a 3.9 percentage point improvement over 2023. Perhaps most impressively, Ginkel pitched through a fractured leg across the final four months of the season after getting hit by a comebacker in early June. He never went on the injured list and his numbers suggest he wasn't hindered by any discomfort, as he maintained a 2.81 ERA and 57:10 K:BB over 48 innings after the incident. Ginkel's leg should fully heal with rest this offseason, but check his status this spring if your speculating on him for ancillary saves late in drafts. Read Past Outlooks
Avoids arbitration with Arizona
Ginkel and the Diamondbacks agreed to a one-year, $2.425 million contract Thursday to avoid arbitration, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
The right-hander will nearly double his salary in his second year of arbitration eligibility. Ginkel recorded five saves and 18 holds with a 3.21 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 77:15 K:BB over 70 innings last season, and he should continue to work in a high-leverage role for Arizona in 2025.
The right-hander will nearly double his salary in his second year of arbitration eligibility. Ginkel recorded five saves and 18 holds with a 3.21 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 77:15 K:BB over 70 innings last season, and he should continue to work in a high-leverage role for Arizona in 2025.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
12
Last 5 Games
13
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-5%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-2%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .219 | 77 | 24 | 53 | 4 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .230 | 100 | 25 | 84 | 6 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .259 | 38 | 8 | 30 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .253 | 39 | 7 | 39 | 3 | |||
| 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
-17%
ERA on Road
2024
-11%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 3.24 | 1.26 | 80.2 | 9.6 | 2.6 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 2.68 | 1.00 | 84.0 | 9.8 | 2.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.03 | 1.32 | 35.2 | 10.3 | 2.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.41 | 1.08 | 34.1 | 9.4 | 1.8 | ||||
| 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
5.13K/9
9.9BB/9
1.9HR/9
0.8Fastball
95.9 mphERA
3.21WHIP
1.20BABIP
.344GB/FB
1.44Left On Base
70.1%Exit Velocity
81.7 mphBarrels/BBE
2.8%Spin Rate
2420 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.0%Swinging Strike
12.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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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.
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Pitched through fractured leg
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo revealed Tuesday that Ginkel suffered a fractured bone in his left leg when he was hit by a comebacker during an appearance versus the Mets on June 1, Alex Weiner of ArizonaSports.com reports.
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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.
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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.
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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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