Kyle Finnegan
32-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
1-2
ERA
1.56
WHIP
0.92
K
17
SV
13
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Finnegan was 14th in the majors with a career-high 28 saves for the Nationals, which represented a 66.7% team save share. The 32-year-old pitched a career-high 69.1 innings, but he may have run out of gas down the stretch as he posted a 7.63 ERA and 1.89 WHIP over the last month-and-a-half. His performance otherwise (2.55 ERA, 1.11 WHIP) was solid and he was Washington's highest leveraged reliever per WPA (1.88) and gmLI (1.90). Finnegan still relied heavily on his upper-90's fastball (70% usage), but he threw more split fingers (24.8%) since it was his most successful pitch (.167 BAA, 35.3% whiff) last year. However, the right-hander produced a career-worst strikeout rate (21.7%) and permitted 11 home runs (17.7% HR/FB%). With the Nationals playing more competitive ball, they may turn to a reliever with more upside for ninth inning duties. They have a few internal options (Harvey, Rainey), so don't be surprised if Finnegan gets fewer save opportunities in 2024. Read Past Outlooks
Notches 13th save
Finnegan recorded his 13th save of the season in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the White Sox, giving up two hits and striking out one in a scoreless ninth inning.
ANALYSIS
The knocks were the first off the right-hander since April 12, snapping a stretch of 11 straight hitless appearances, but he was able to escape the jam and preserve a 6-3 win by fanning Nicky Lopez. Finnegan hasn't blown a save or been tagged with an earned run since the calendar flipped to April, posting a 0.00 ERA, 0.77 WHIP and 16:7 K:BB over his last 15.2 innings.
The knocks were the first off the right-hander since April 12, snapping a stretch of 11 straight hitless appearances, but he was able to escape the jam and preserve a 6-3 win by fanning Nicky Lopez. Finnegan hasn't blown a save or been tagged with an earned run since the calendar flipped to April, posting a 0.00 ERA, 0.77 WHIP and 16:7 K:BB over his last 15.2 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
17
Last 5 Games
20
How many pitches does Kyle Finnegan generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Kyle Finnegan generally pitch?
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-24%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-7%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .193 | 69 | 31 | 47 | 7 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .255 | 81 | 23 | 81 | 15 | |||
2024vs Left | .143 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
2024vs Right | .133 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||
2023vs Left | .232 | 27 | 17 | 26 | 4 | |||
2023vs Right | .270 | 36 | 7 | 40 | 7 | |||
2022vs Left | .163 | 31 | 12 | 17 | 2 | |||
2022vs Right | .264 | 39 | 10 | 37 | 7 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-31%
ERA at Home
2024
-100%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 2.79 | 1.01 | 77.1 | 7.3 | 2.7 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.03 | 1.37 | 76.0 | 10.3 | 3.7 | ||||
2024Home | 0.00 | 0.43 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 3.9 | ||||
2024Away | 2.61 | 1.26 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 4.4 | ||||
2023Home | 4.15 | 1.27 | 34.2 | 6.8 | 2.9 | ||||
2023Away | 3.38 | 1.33 | 34.2 | 9.6 | 3.4 | ||||
2022Home | 2.02 | 0.87 | 35.2 | 7.8 | 2.3 | ||||
2022Away | 5.23 | 1.45 | 31.0 | 11.3 | 3.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Kyle Finnegan 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
2.00K/9
8.8BB/9
4.4HR/9
1.1Fastball
96.9 mphERA
1.65WHIP
0.86BABIP
.117GB/FB
1.78Left On Base
89.3%Exit Velocity
82.1 mphBarrels/BBE
4.5%Spin Rate
1861 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
19.1%Swinging Strike
11.3%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Ditches slider for sweeper
Finnegan is no longer throwing a slider and is instead utilizing a sweeper as his third pitch, reports Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com.
ANALYSIS
Opposing batters hit .417 against the right-hander's slider last season, so he tweaked his arsenal during the offseason. Finnegan is throwing the sweeper at the same rate of 5.2 percent, so it's a small sample size of just 13 pitches. The 32-year-old has enjoyed a strong start to the campaign with a 1.65 ERA, 0.86 WHIP and 16:8 K:BB across 16.1 innings, and he's likely to be a popular trade target this summer if the Nationals aren't in playoff contention.
Opposing batters hit .417 against the right-hander's slider last season, so he tweaked his arsenal during the offseason. Finnegan is throwing the sweeper at the same rate of 5.2 percent, so it's a small sample size of just 13 pitches. The 32-year-old has enjoyed a strong start to the campaign with a 1.65 ERA, 0.86 WHIP and 16:8 K:BB across 16.1 innings, and he's likely to be a popular trade target this summer if the Nationals aren't in playoff contention.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2022
2021
Finnegan's 2022 season was basically a carbon copy of the year prior with some slight improvements. For starters, he added velocity on his sinker, a pitch he threw 79% of the time at 97 mph on average, compared to 95.6 mph in 2021. This yielded a career-best 26.1% strikeout rate, while his walk rate dropped a few percentage points to 8.2%. Finnegan also established career marks with a 1.14 WHIP, six wins and 14 holds, while tying a career high with 11 saves after Nationals' closer Tanner Rainey had season-ending Tommy John surgery. He maintained his reverse splits, performing better against lefty swingers (.185 BA since 2020) compared to right-handed batters (.273). Washington is very clearly in rebuild mode, so don't count on many save chances after the team finished with a league-low 28 saves in 2022. However, if Finnegan maintains the closer role in 2023 and holds it all season, he makes for a fine CL2.
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Picks up 12th save
Finnegan struck out one batter during a perfect ninth inning to pick up the save Tuesday against Baltimore.
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Slams door for 11th save
Finnegan walked one batter during one scoreless inning to pick up the save Sunday against the Blue Jays.
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Strikes out side for 10th save
Finnegan picked up the save over the Rangers on Wednesday, striking out the side in a perfect ninth inning.
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Cruises to ninth save
Finnegan walked one in a scoreless ninth to pick up the save during Sunday's 12-9 victory over the Marlins. He struck out one.
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Picks up eighth save
Finnegan struck out one in a perfect ninth inning Friday to record his eighth save of the season in a 3-1 win over the Marlins.
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