2024 Stats
W-L
5-2
ERA
2.67
WHIP
0.96
K
63
SV
1
2025 Projections
Nabs save Wednesday
Kelly earned a save against the Red Sox on Wednesday, striking out two batters in a perfect inning of work.
ANALYSIS
Kelly entered in the ninth inning with Tampa Bay clinging to a one-run lead, and he dispatched the first two batters he faced on strikeouts before getting Ceddanne Rafaela to ground out to wrap up his first save of the campaign. Meanwhile, Pete Fairbanks -- who is usually Tampa's closer -- pitched in the eighth inning against the heart of Boston's order and notched a hold. That usage suggests that manager Kevin Cash won't hesitate to deploy Fairbanks in the highest-leverage situations, even when they come before the ninth frame. As such, other Rays relievers (including Kelly) could get save opportunities from time to time, though those chances are probably too unpredictable for fantasy managers to hassle with in leagues that don't reward holds.
Kelly entered in the ninth inning with Tampa Bay clinging to a one-run lead, and he dispatched the first two batters he faced on strikeouts before getting Ceddanne Rafaela to ground out to wrap up his first save of the campaign. Meanwhile, Pete Fairbanks -- who is usually Tampa's closer -- pitched in the eighth inning against the heart of Boston's order and notched a hold. That usage suggests that manager Kevin Cash won't hesitate to deploy Fairbanks in the highest-leverage situations, even when they come before the ninth frame. As such, other Rays relievers (including Kelly) could get save opportunities from time to time, though those chances are probably too unpredictable for fantasy managers to hassle with in leagues that don't reward holds.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
12
Last 5 Games
13
How many pitches does Kevin Kelly generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Kevin Kelly generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-3%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-6%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .215 | 48 | 13 | 41 | 4 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .221 | 71 | 11 | 71 | 5 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .218 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .231 | 42 | 6 | 37 | 4 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .211 | 27 | 10 | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .211 | 29 | 5 | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-36%
ERA at Home
2024
-6%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 2.28 | 1.01 | 75.0 | 7.7 | 1.6 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 3.59 | 0.96 | 62.2 | 7.9 | 1.6 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.75 | 1.14 | 39.1 | 8.0 | 1.6 | ||||
| 2024Away | 2.59 | 0.73 | 31.1 | 8.0 | 0.6 | ||||
| 2023Home | 1.77 | 0.87 | 35.2 | 7.3 | 1.5 | ||||
| 2023Away | 4.60 | 1.18 | 31.1 | 7.8 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Kevin Kelly 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
7.00K/9
8.0BB/9
1.1HR/9
0.9Fastball
90.9 mphERA
2.67WHIP
0.96BABIP
.276GB/FB
2.47Left On Base
73.9%Exit Velocity
79.5 mphBarrels/BBE
3.1%Spin Rate
2295 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.7%Swinging Strike
8.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Back with big club
The Rays recalled Kelly from Triple-A Durham on Monday, Ryan Bass of Bally Sports Sun reports.
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Headed to minors
The Rays optioned Kelly to Triple-A Durham on Thursday, Ryan Bass of Bally Sports Sun reports.
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Recalled by Tampa Bay
The Rays recalled Kelly from Triple-A Durham on Tuesday.
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Sent down to minors
The Rays optioned Kelly to Triple-A Durham on Monday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Activated from 15-day IL
Kelly (ankle) was activated Friday from the 15-day injured list, Ryan Bass of Bally Sports Sun reports.
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