Report: Mets to sign Craig Kimbrel to a minor league deal

 

According to Jon Heyman on X, the New York Mets have signed veteran relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training.

The RHP will turn 38 next May. He spent 2025 with three different organizations, Texas (minor only), Atlanta and Houston. He saw the most action for Houston, 13 games, 11 innings, 16 Ks, 2.25 ERA. 

Craig Kimbrel Stats:  

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2010	22	-6.7	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	0	1.000	0.44	0.87	21	0	7	0	0	1	20.2	9	2	1	0	16	1	40	0	0	4	88	1.210	3.9	0.0	7.0	17.4	2.50
2011	23	-5.5	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	3	.571	2.10	2.22	79	0	64	0	0	46	77.0	48	19	18	3	32	1	127	1	0	4	306	1.039	5.6	0.4	3.7	14.8	3.97
2012	24	-4.5	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	1	.750	1.01	1.01	63	0	56	0	0	42	62.2	27	7	7	3	14	0	116	2	0	5	231	0.654	3.9	0.4	2.0	16.7	8.29
2013	25	-3.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	3	.571	1.21	1.34	68	0	60	0	0	50	67.0	39	10	9	4	20	2	98	3	0	3	258	0.881	5.2	0.5	2.7	13.2	4.90
2014	26	-2.5	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	3	.000	1.61	1.90	63	0	54	0	0	47	61.2	30	13	11	2	26	0	95	2	0	6	244	0.908	4.4	0.3	3.8	13.9	3.65
2015	27	-1.4	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	4	2	.667	2.58	2.88	61	0	53	0	0	39	59.1	40	19	17	6	22	1	87	1	0	4	239	1.045	6.1	0.9	3.3	13.2	3.95
2016	28	-0.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	6	.250	3.40	3.74	57	0	47	0	0	31	53.0	28	22	20	4	30	0	83	4	0	6	220	1.094	4.8	0.7	5.1	14.1	2.77
2017	29	0.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	5	0	1.000	1.43	1.43	67	0	51	0	0	35	69.0	33	11	11	6	14	0	126	4	0	5	254	0.681	4.3	0.8	1.8	16.4	9.00
2018	30	1.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	5	1	.833	2.74	2.74	63	0	57	0	0	42	62.1	31	19	19	7	31	0	96	2	0	7	247	0.995	4.5	1.0	4.5	13.9	3.10
2019	31	2.7	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	4	.000	6.53	6.53	23	0	17	0	0	13	20.2	21	15	15	9	12	0	30	2	0	0	96	1.597	9.1	3.9	5.2	13.1	2.50
2020	32	3.6	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	1	.000	5.28	5.28	18	0	11	0	0	2	15.1	10	9	9	2	12	1	28	2	0	4	69	1.435	5.9	1.2	7.0	16.4	2.33
2021	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CHW	4	5	.444	2.26	2.87	63	0	43	0	0	24	59.2	31	19	15	6	23	1	100	3	1	8	235	0.905	4.7	0.9	3.5	15.1	4.35
2021	33	4.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	3	.400	0.49	1.47	39	0	35	0	0	23	36.2	13	6	2	1	13	0	64	0	1	3	137	0.709	3.2	0.2	3.2	15.7	4.92
2021	33	4.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	2	.500	5.09	5.09	24	0	8	0	0	1	23.0	18	13	13	5	10	1	36	3	0	5	98	1.217	7.0	2.0	3.9	14.1	3.60
2022	34	4.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	6	7	.462	3.75	4.65	63	0	47	0	0	22	60.0	51	31	25	4	28	2	72	5	1	7	260	1.317	7.7	0.6	4.2	10.8	2.57
2023	35	5.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	8	6	.571	3.26	3.65	71	0	45	0	0	23	69.0	44	28	25	10	28	1	94	4	2	4	278	1.043	5.7	1.3	3.7	12.3	3.36
2024	36	7.0	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	7	5	.583	5.33	6.02	57	0	39	0	0	23	52.1	40	35	31	7	31	1	73	5	1	3	232	1.357	6.9	1.2	5.3	12.6	2.35
2025	37		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA	TEX-ATL	1	2	.333	3.00	3.69	42	0	28	0	0	8	39.0	20	16	13	4	21	0	51	3	0	2	162	1.051	4.6	0.9	4.8	11.8	2.43
2025	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	HOU-ATL	0	1	.000	2.25	3.00	14	0	5	0	0	0	12.0	10	4	3	2	7	0	17	0	0	0	49	1.417	7.5	1.5	5.3	12.8	2.43
2025	37	9.9	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	1	.000	3.86	4.29	24	0	16	0	0	5	21.0	12	10	9	4	12	0	28	3	0	2	92	1.143	5.1	1.7	5.1	12.0	2.33
2025	37	9.7	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	1	1	.500	2.45	3.68	15	0	12	0	0	3	14.2	8	6	4	0	8	0	17	0	0	0	59	1.091	4.9	0.0	4.9	10.4	2.13
2025	37	12.3	Columbus	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	11	0.300	0.0	0.0	2.7	16.2	6.00
2025	37	7.8	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	0	1	.000	2.45	3.27	13	0	5	0	0	0	11.0	9	4	3	2	6	0	16	0	0	0	46	1.364	7.4	1.6	4.9	13.1	2.67
2025	37	7.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		56	48	.538	2.58	2.88	851	0	656	0	0	440	821.2	492	263	236	75	346	11	1282	40	5	70	3306	1.020	5.4	0.8	3.8	14.0	3.71

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Generated 1/24/2026.