Daily News | Longtime closer Craig Kimbrel is prepared to be flexible with the Phillies
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Kimbrel was expecting all of this. When he signed with the Phillies, he knew he was joining a team that closes by committee. The idea of working with pitching coach Caleb Cotham and director of pitching Brian Kaplan outweighed any concerns he had about having the title of “closer” affixed to his name. But that doesn’t mean the transition will be easy.
Kimbrel really has only two months of big-league non-closer experience to draw upon. When he was traded to the White Sox at the trade deadline in 2021, he was used as a setup man. Albeit a small sample size, the gap between his ninth-inning numbers and his eighth-inning numbers was revealing. In 18⅓ eighth-inning frames , Kimbrel had a 4.42 ERA with 30 strikeouts. In 36⅓ innings in the ninth that season, he had a 0.99 ERA with 61 strikeouts.
Kimbrel said that there are lessons he learned in those two months with the White Sox that he’ll use with the“I’m constantly trying to learn,” he said. “As soon as I’m not trying to learn, it’s time to go home. It was just understanding that guys’ approaches can be a little different sometimes at different points in the game and using it to your advantage. Sometimes guys might not be as aggressive as they usually are, especially if they think they might have a chance at another at-bat.
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