Braves to Sign Craig Kimbrel to $2 Million Contract: Report
March 18, 2025
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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The Atlanta Braves are in agreement with former closer Craig Kimbrel on a minor league deal, according to a new report.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic was first to report the news Tuesday on Twitter/X. According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, it’s a $2 million contract if Kimbrel makes the Braves’ major league roster.
Free-agent reliever Craig Kimbrel heading back to where he started. In agreement with Braves on minor-league deal, source tells @TheAthletic.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 18, 2025
Kimbrel is a nine-time All-Star who spent last season with the Baltimore Orioles, but had lingered in free agency ever since the Orioles released him Sept. 24, 2024.
Steven Wright #35 of the Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley Jr. #25, Mookie Betts #50, Xander Bogaerts #2, Craig Kimbrel #46, and David Ortiz #34 are presented with their All Star Game jerseys before their… Steven Wright #35 of the Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley Jr. #25, Mookie Betts #50, Xander Bogaerts #2, Craig Kimbrel #46, and David Ortiz #34 are presented with their All Star Game jerseys before their game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park on July 10, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Kimbrel was drafted by the Braves in the third round of the 2008 MLB Draft. He made his major league debut two years later, and broke through in 2011. That season, he led the National League with 46 saves and captured the NL Rookie of the Year Award.
Veteran Craig Kimbrel’s minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves will pay him $2 million in the major leagues, a source tells ESPN. Kimbrel is expected to ramp up for a few weeks and, if all goes according to plan, join the Braves’ big league bullpen. @Ken_Rosenthal on the news.
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