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Kirby Yates

#54 - Relief Pitcher

Pittsburgh Pirates

Bats / Throws Left / Right
Date of Birth 3/25/1987 (39)
Height, Weight 5'10", 205 lb
Hometown Lihue, HI

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
3 40.2 3.32 1.20 27.9% 9.9%
67th 3
Sv
215th 51.0
IP
107th 4.20
ERA
105th 1.35
WHIP
60th 22.6%
K%
203rd 9.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
90.8 15.0% 28.5% 54.3% 5.4% 4.77 4.23
336th 94.7
FB MPH
49th 12.1%
SwStr%
159th 28.5%
CSW%
53rd 51.2%
Str-ICR
229th 4.7%
MTK%
296th 4.94
PLV
287th 3.55
PLA

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Kirby Yates Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR% GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR% PLV
2014 TB 37 0 36.0 0-2 1 - 3.75 1.33 - 3.74 - - 26.9% 9.6% 8.3 1.00 .315 - 77.1% - - - - - -
2015 TB 20 0 20.1 1-0 0 - 7.97 1.48 - 8.71 - - 22.8% 7.6% 10.2 4.43 .245 - 76.5% - - - - - -
2016 NYY 41 0 41.1 2-1 0 - 5.23 1.45 - 3.97 - - 27.2% 10.3% 8.9 1.09 .343 - 70.2% - - - - - -
2017 LAA/SD 62 0 56.2 4-5 1 - 3.97 1.11 - 3.92 - - 38.1% 8.2% 7.0 1.91 .291 - 76.8% - - - - - -
2018 SD 65 0 63.0 5-3 12 16 2.14 0.92 - 2.54 - 0.00 36.0% 6.8% 5.9 0.86 .263 - 87.7% - - 18.1% 31.1% 0.68 -
2019 SD 60 0 60.2 0-5 41 0 1.19 0.89 - 1.29 - 0.00 41.6% 5.3% 6.1 0.30 .328 - 80.8% - - 17.1% 33.8% 0.76 -
2020 SD 6 0 4.1 0-1 2 1 12.46 2.54 5.62 5.39 4.98 4.46 32.0% 16.0% 14.5 2.08 .500 25.0% 52.1% 46.2% 38.5% 18.8% 35.6% 0.70 5.08
2022 ATL 9 0 7.0 0-0 0 2 5.14 1.57 8.04 7.26 5.50 4.75 18.2% 15.2% 7.7 2.57 .200 33.3% 85.4% 31.8% 36.4% 12.4% 27.7% 0.37 4.79
2023 ATL 61 0 60.1 7-2 5 9 3.28 1.19 4.58 4.64 4.56 4.65 31.5% 14.6% 5.2 1.34 .213 20.5% 85.4% 37.9% 37.9% 14.0% 28.4% 0.51 4.72
2024 TEX 61 0 61.2 7-2 33 2 1.17 0.83 2.13 2.50 3.14 3.34 35.9% 11.8% 3.4 0.44 .169 9.1% 88.1% 24.8% 51.2% 16.7% 31.6% 0.69 5.00
2025 LAD 50 0 41.1 4-3 3 15 5.23 1.33 4.16 4.77 3.76 3.77 29.1% 10.1% 8.3 1.96 .293 29.0% 69.1% 44.4% 32.4% 18.2% 29.7% 0.57 4.95
2026 LAA/PIT 45 0 40.2 2-5 3 1 3.32 1.20 3.40 3.25 3.71 4.23 27.9% 9.9% 7.1 0.66 .293 12.5% 75.8% 38.8% 36.3% 15.0% 28.5% 0.59 4.77
RP MLB Percentile 55 0 37 32-11 73 17 69 69 76 81 76 18 83 41 74 74 49 68 60 35 14 85 53 82 13
RP MLB AVG 41 2 51.0 3-3 3 7 4.20 1.35 4.17 4.18 4.24 3.55 22.6% 9.8% 8.3 1.09 .291 17.6% 72.6% 36.8% 44.0% 12.1% 28.5% 0.50 4.94
Career 517 0 493.1 32-29 101 46 3.36 1.14 3.71 3.59 3.87 1.18 32.6% 9.7% 6.6 1.20 .275 24.6% 78.8% 23.8% 39.6% 16.5% 30.7% 0.63 4.86

Kirby Yates Repertoire

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Kirby Yates Game Log

Kirby Yates Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2014 TB 37 0 36.0 0-2 0 1 - 690 439 251 156 33 23 6 0 4 42 15 3 2
2015 TB 20 0 20.1 1-0 0 0 - 408 260 148 92 23 10 3 0 10 21 7 1 0
2016 NYY 41 0 41.1 2-1 0 0 - 800 504 296 184 41 29 7 0 5 50 19 4 1
2017 LAA/SD 62 0 56.2 4-5 0 1 - 966 643 323 231 44 25 7 0 12 88 19 2 0
2018 SD 65 0 63.0 5-3 0 12 16 1,047 692 355 250 41 31 4 0 6 90 17 4 2
2019 SD 60 0 60.2 0-5 0 41 0 1,021 677 344 243 41 28 11 0 2 101 13 7 2
2020 SD 6 0 4.1 0-1 0 2 1 101 63 38 25 7 6 0 0 1 8 4 0 2
2022 ATL 9 0 7.0 0-0 0 0 2 137 78 59 33 6 1 3 0 2 6 5 0 2
2023 ATL 61 0 60.1 7-2 0 5 9 1,058 633 425 254 35 22 4 0 9 80 37 5 5
2024 TEX 61 0 61.2 7-2 0 33 2 1,027 660 366 237 23 15 5 0 3 85 28 2 1
2025 LAD 50 0 41.1 4-3 0 3 15 762 479 283 179 38 12 17 0 9 52 18 1 1
2026 LAA/PIT 45 0 40.2 2-5 0 3 1 698 459 239 172 32 21 8 0 3 48 17 4 1
RP MLB Percentile 55 0 37 32-11 0 73 17 41 41 62 37 70 70 42 49 70 50 55 17 49
RP MLB AVG 41 2 51.0 3-3 0 3 7 865 553 312 222 47 31 9 1 6 50 21 3 2
Career 517 0 493.1 32-29 0 101 46 8,715 5,587 3,127 2,056 364 223 75 0 66 671 199 33 19

Kirby Yates Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2014 TB 26.9% 9.6% .241 .372 .699 .308 .315 .344 - - - - - - - -
2015 TB 22.8% 7.6% .274 .667 1.004 .421 .245 .365 - - - - - - - -
2016 NYY 27.2% 10.3% .258 .396 .746 .327 .343 .373 - - - - - - - -
2017 LAA/SD 38.1% 8.2% .211 .416 .697 .295 .291 .361 - - - - - - - -
2018 SD 36.0% 6.8% .181 .279 .527 .236 .263 .295 - - - - - - - -
2019 SD 41.6% 5.3% .186 .262 .514 .228 .328 .339 - - - - - - - -
2020 SD 32.0% 16.0% .350 .500 .940 .403 .500 .538 .275 .355 .375 .467 86.2 87.9 14.8 5.62
2022 ATL 18.2% 15.2% .222 .556 .889 .371 .200 .273 .272 .444 .219 .509 90.1 92.5 22.9 8.04
2023 ATL 31.5% 14.6% .167 .314 .618 .281 .213 .267 .204 .323 .268 .403 89.1 89.5 16.0 4.58
2024 TEX 35.9% 11.8% .113 .182 .407 .186 .169 .190 .142 .216 .210 .269 87.6 87.5 15.2 2.13
2025 LAD 29.1% 10.1% .239 .516 .834 .354 .293 .352 .215 .321 .264 .411 87.8 92.6 17.8 4.16
2026 LAA/PIT 27.9% 9.9% .216 .331 .641 .291 .293 .314 .208 .290 .277 .338 90.6 92.3 19.6 3.40
RP MLB Percentile 83 41 75 76 76 73 49 59 79 76 56 64 6 13 9 76
RP MLB AVG 22.6% 9.8% .241 .389 .713 .314 .291 .321 .235 .314 .280 .358 87.6 89.2 13.0 4.17
Career 32.6% 9.7% .202 .353 .644 .289 .275 .317 .156 .263 .253 .375 88.7 90.3 17.2 3.71

Kirby Yates Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 SD8.4% (94.1)--0.4% (88.0)---5.7% (87.3)- 8.4% 6.1%
2019 SD19.9% (93.4)--0.3% (83.0)---13.0% (86.1)- 19.9% 13.3%
2020 SD64.4% (93.6)------35.6% (85.8)- 64.4% 35.6%
2022 ATL48.2% (93.4)2.2% (92.2)-0.7% (84.2)--1.5% (85.9)47.5% (86.6)- 50.4% 49.6%
2023 ATL54.0% (93.6)--1.5% (77.4)---44.5% (86.1)- 54.0% 46.0%
2024 TEX60.8% (93.1)--0.6% (85.8)---38.6% (86.3)- 60.8% 39.1%
2025 LAD57.7% (92.8)------42.3% (85.9)- 57.7% 42.3%
2026 LAA/PIT65.8% (90.8)---1.7% (75.0)--32.4% (84.5)- 65.8% 34.1%
RP MLB Percentile 96 (3) - - - 1 (1) - - 83 (27) - 90.6% 9.1%
RP MLB AVG 38.6% (94.7) 26.7% (94.1) 19.8% (89.4) 25.7% (86.1) 21.0% (82.4) 15.4% (80.3) 17.5% (86.1) 19.1% (86.6) 42.7% (61.5) 48.6% 51.2%
Career43.0% (92.8)0.1% (92.2)-0.5% (81.3)0.2% (75.0)-0.0% (85.9)29.2% (85.9)- 43.1% 30.0%

Kirby Yates Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 SD27.3% (13)--50.0% (1)---26.7% (14)- 27.3% 28.1%
2019 SD35.0% (35)--33.3% (0)---28.6% (26)- 35.0% 28.7%
2020 SD38.5% (12)------30.6% (7)- 38.5% 30.6%
2022 ATL27.3% (4)33.3% (0)-0.0% (0)--0.0% (0)29.2% (13)- 27.5% 27.9%
2023 ATL31.7% (69)--37.5% (0)---24.0% (79)- 31.7% 24.4%
2024 TEX37.5% (112)--33.3% (0)---22.5% (59)- 37.5% 22.6%
2025 LAD35.9% (86)------21.1% (53)- 35.9% 21.1%
2026 LAA/PIT32.5% (68)---16.7% (0)--21.2% (37)- 32.5% 21.0%
RP MLB Percentile 88 (9) - - - 6 (97) - - 45 (21) - 92.6% 3.1%
RP MLB AVG 27.2% (31) 27.4% (13) 26.9% (14) 29.6% (27) 28.5% (19) 27.2% (15) 22.3% (20) 22.7% (21) 19.3% (9) 27.9% 28.8%
Career34.2% (399)33.3% (0)-36.7% (1)16.7% (0)-0.0% (0)23.5% (288)- 34.2% 23.7%

Kirby Yates Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR%
2018 SD - - - - - - - - 21.7% - - - - -
2019 SD - - - - - - - - 20.6% - - - - -
2020 SD 38.5% 23.1% 30.8% 7.7% 38.5% 23.1% 69.2% 7.7% 13.9% 53.9% 38.5% 0.0% 7.7% 46.2%
2022 ATL 36.4% 18.2% 27.3% 18.2% 22.7% 50.0% 18.2% 31.8% 13.1% 68.2% 4.5% 9.1% 18.2% 31.8%
2023 ATL 37.9% 19.7% 33.3% 9.1% 35.6% 39.4% 35.6% 25.0% 19.0% 62.1% 21.2% 6.1% 10.6% 37.9%
2024 TEX 51.2% 9.1% 27.3% 12.4% 18.2% 43.8% 33.1% 23.1% 20.8% 75.2% 18.2% 3.3% 3.3% 24.8%
2025 LAD 32.4% 26.9% 28.7% 12.0% 38.9% 45.4% 32.4% 22.2% 19.0% 55.5% 25.0% 7.4% 12.0% 44.4%
2026 LAA/PIT 36.3% 23.5% 23.5% 16.7% 35.3% 42.2% 32.4% 25.5% 22.5% 60.7% 25.5% 8.8% 4.9% 38.8%
RP MLB Percentile 14 26 47 93 41 48 43 56 97 32 42 9 73 35
RP MLB AVG 44.0% 21.7% 24.1% 10.2% 34.6% 41.0% 33.6% 25.3% 18.2% 63.0% 24.5% 5.8% 6.7% 36.8%
Career 39.6% 19.5% 28.5% 12.4% 31.5% 42.4% 33.7% 23.9% 20.3% 63.6% 21.9% 6.2% 8.2% 23.8%

Kirby Yates Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR% IPA%
2018 SD .181 .236 .263 .295 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 SD .186 .228 .328 .339 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 SD .350 .403 .500 .538 .275 .355 .375 .467 86.2 87.9 14.8 25.0% 46.2% 24.0%
2022 ATL .222 .371 .200 .273 .272 .444 .219 .509 90.1 92.5 22.9 33.3% 31.8% 21.2%
2023 ATL .167 .281 .213 .267 .204 .323 .268 .403 89.1 89.5 16.0 20.5% 37.9% 19.7%
2024 TEX .113 .186 .169 .190 .142 .216 .210 .269 87.6 87.5 15.2 9.1% 24.8% 12.7%
2025 LAD .239 .354 .293 .352 .215 .321 .264 .411 87.8 92.6 17.8 29.0% 44.4% 26.8%
2026 LAA/PIT .216 .291 .293 .314 .208 .290 .277 .338 90.6 92.3 19.6 12.5% 38.8% 23.3%
RP MLB Percentile 75 73 49 59 79 76 56 64 6 13 9 68 35 63
RP MLB AVG .241 .314 .291 .321 .235 .314 .280 .358 87.6 89.2 13.0 17.6% 36.8% 24.4%
Career .202 .289 .275 .317 .156 .263 .253 .375 88.7 90.3 17.2 24.6% 23.8% 13.0%

Kirby Yates Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR% Str-ICR
2018 SD - 66.1% 53.1% - 34.2% 21.7% 65.8% - - 13.0% 18.1% 31.1% 13.3% 62.2% 0.68 -
2019 SD - 66.3% 49.7% - 34.5% 20.6% 65.5% - - 16.7% 17.1% 33.8% 11.9% 62.3% 0.76 -
2020 SD 45.5% 62.4% 45.5% 25.5% 41.3% 13.9% 58.7% 68.8% 35.7% 16.8% 18.8% 35.6% 12.9% 55.4% 0.70 50.5%
2022 ATL 38.7% 56.9% 41.6% 27.4% 29.8% 13.1% 70.2% 88.2% 43.5% 15.3% 12.4% 27.7% 16.1% 52.6% 0.37 46.7%
2023 ATL 40.4% 59.8% 45.5% 30.7% 30.8% 19.0% 69.2% 80.1% 53.1% 14.4% 14.0% 28.4% 12.5% 56.5% 0.51 50.4%
2024 TEX 43.2% 64.3% 49.3% 35.0% 33.8% 20.8% 66.2% 71.5% 58.3% 15.0% 16.7% 31.6% 11.8% 62.0% 0.69 58.4%
2025 LAD 44.6% 62.9% 51.4% 32.0% 35.5% 19.0% 64.5% 70.4% 53.3% 11.4% 18.2% 29.7% 14.2% 57.9% 0.57 50.3%
2026 LAA/PIT 40.3% 65.8% 52.3% 38.8% 28.8% 22.5% 71.2% 77.3% 63.6% 13.5% 15.0% 28.5% 14.8% 61.2% 0.59 54.3%
RP MLB Percentile 7 76 90 95 76 97 76 92 30 9 85 53 17 86 82 84
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.8% 47.4% 31.7% 25.6% 18.2% 74.4% 84.0% 58.5% 16.4% 12.1% 28.5% 17.1% 58.3% 0.50 51.2%
Career 27.2% 64.1% 49.7% 33.4% 33.1% 20.3% 66.9% 75.0% 56.3% 14.2% 16.5% 30.7% 13.0% 60.1% 0.63 57.8%

Kirby Yates Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 SD - - - - - - - - - -
2019 SD - - - - - - - - - -
2020 SD 45.5% 37.6% 21.8% 40.6% 30.7% 23.8% 45.5% 35.6% 42.6% 3.0%
2022 ATL 38.7% 45.3% 22.6% 32.1% 22.6% 21.2% 56.2% 32.8% 44.5% 2.9%
2023 ATL 40.4% 38.5% 24.8% 36.8% 26.0% 21.6% 52.4% 36.0% 39.2% 4.7%
2024 TEX 43.2% 37.3% 25.3% 37.3% 26.4% 23.2% 50.4% 33.1% 41.5% 5.9%
2025 LAD 44.6% 35.4% 27.0% 37.5% 24.4% 22.6% 53.0% 37.5% 35.4% 5.6%
2026 LAA/PIT 40.3% 33.1% 31.7% 35.2% 41.2% 19.5% 39.3% 30.7% 37.6% 6.6%
RP MLB Percentile 7 40 7 30 76 89 42 58 14 37
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.6% 27.0% 38.4% 36.2% 22.9% 40.9% 30.0% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 27.2% 36.8% 26.5% 36.7% 28.6% 21.9% 49.5% 34.4% 39.1% 5.5%

Kirby Yates Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 SD 55.6% 11.2% 33.2% 10.5% 60.2% 51.0% 17.9% - 25.9%
2019 SD 57.5% 8.6% 34.0% 9.9% 61.6% 54.1% 22.0% - 29.1%
2020 SD 55.4% 12.9% 31.7% 14.3% 68.0% 52.0% 21.4% 28.1% 25.0%
2022 ATL 59.1% 18.2% 22.6% 8.6% 54.5% 45.5% 21.0% 22.6% 19.4%
2023 ATL 56.6% 13.0% 30.9% 11.0% 57.4% 49.2% 19.0% 28.7% 24.5%
2024 TEX 55.2% 10.8% 35.9% 9.9% 63.8% 57.4% 20.5% 27.9% 23.0%
2025 LAD 55.4% 11.5% 33.1% 11.8% 61.2% 51.7% 16.6% 25.8% 20.6%
2026 LAA/PIT 57.6% 11.3% 31.2% 12.7% 56.4% 49.4% 17.7% 35.3% 22.0%
RP MLB Percentile 34 66 68 22 21 49 12 97 76
RP MLB AVG 58.6% 12.1% 29.9% 14.5% 61.1% 50.2% 21.1% 26.8% 19.3%
Career 56.3% 11.3% 32.9% 10.8% 60.2% 52.1% 19.2% 18.5% 24.4%

Kirby Yates PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 SD 1,047 - - - - - - - - 0.00
2019 SD 1,021 - - - - - - - - 0.00
2020 SD 101 5.08 50.5% 14.9% 34.7% 15.8% 2.0% 2.5 +3 4.46
2022 ATL 137 4.79 48.9% 12.4% 38.7% 10.2% 2.9% 1.1 0 4.75
2023 ATL 1,058 4.72 42.5% 17.8% 39.7% 2.8% 5.6% -12.4 -15 4.65
2024 TEX 1,027 5.00 46.8% 16.7% 36.5% 10.2% 4.6% -26.1 -26 3.34
2025 LAD 762 4.95 46.1% 18.6% 35.3% 10.8% 5.0% 8.1 -2 3.77
2026 LAA/PIT 698 4.77 43.0% 21.5% 35.5% 7.4% 5.4% -6.2 -5 4.23
RP MLB Percentile 41 13 21 96 72 72 31 81 77 18
RP MLB AVG 865 4.94 45.8% 17.4% 36.7% 9.1% 4.7% 0.6 0 3.55
Career 8,715 4.86 44.9% 18.1% 37.0% 7.9% 5.0% -33.0 -46 1.18
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