{"id":479690,"date":"2025-08-22T10:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/craig-kimbrel-will-reinforce-the-astros-bullpen-according-to-sources\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:51:04","slug":"craig-kimbrel-will-reinforce-the-astros-bullpen-according-to-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/craig-kimbrel-will-reinforce-the-astros-bullpen-according-to-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Kimbrel will reinforce the Astros&#8217; bullpen, according to sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<strong>Houston. \u2013<\/strong> Veteran reliever <strong>Craig Kimbrel<\/strong>, one of the most successful arms in Major League history, has reached an agreement to join the bullpen of the <strong>Houston Astros<\/strong>, according to a report by <strong>Mark Feinsand of MLB.com<\/strong>. The team has not yet made the signing official.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/jesus-sanchez-conecta-5-hits-y-lidera-triunfo-de-astros-sobre-orioles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez hits 5 hits and leads Astros&#8217; victory over Orioles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAt <strong>37 years old<\/strong>, Kimbrel will experience his second stint of the season in the Majors. The right-hander pitched a scoreless inning with the <strong>Atlanta Braves<\/strong> on June 6th, before being released by the club. He subsequently signed a minor league contract with the <strong>Texas Rangers<\/strong>, where he appeared in 24 games with the Triple-A Round Rock team. There he recorded an ERA of <strong>3.86<\/strong> with <strong>28 strikeouts in 21 innings<\/strong>.\n\nKimbrel is considered one of the most decorated relievers in MLB history. He was selected to <strong>nine All-Star Games<\/strong>, has won <strong>four Reliever of the Year awards<\/strong> and was awarded <strong>Rookie of the Year in 2011<\/strong> with the Braves. In addition, he was part of the <strong>Boston Red Sox<\/strong> team that won the <strong>World Series in 2018<\/strong>.\n\nIn his career, he has accumulated <strong>449 saves<\/strong>, the <strong>fifth-highest figure in Major League history<\/strong>, along with an ERA of <strong>2.59<\/strong> and <strong>1,266 strikeouts in 810.2 innings pitched<\/strong>.\n\nIf the move is confirmed, the Astros would add a pitcher with extensive experience and a track record to strengthen a bullpen that seeks depth in the final stretch of the 2025 season.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston. \u2013 Veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel, one of the most successful arms in Major League history, has reached an agreement to join the bullpen of the Houston Astros, according to a report by Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. The team has not yet made the signing official. You may be interested in:Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez hits 5 hits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":479691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,39774,13766,40853,40230],"class_list":["post-479690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-thetruthnewspaper","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-20MW","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/images-2-2.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/images-2-2.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}