Kyle Finnegan
33-Year-Old
Free Agent
2024 Stats
W-L
3-8
ERA
3.68
WHIP
1.34
K
60
SV
38
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
Hits free agency
The Nationals non-tendered Finnegan on Friday.
ANALYSIS
Finnegan will enter free agency after spending the last five years with the Nationals. He registered a 3.68 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 60:24 K:BB over 63.2 innings in 2024, and Finnegan's 38 saves were a career high and third-most in the majors behind Ryan Helsley and Emmanuel Clase. Coming off his first All-Star appearance, the 33-year-old Finnegan should draw plenty of interest from teams looking to add a closer to its bullpen.
Finnegan will enter free agency after spending the last five years with the Nationals. He registered a 3.68 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 60:24 K:BB over 63.2 innings in 2024, and Finnegan's 38 saves were a career high and third-most in the majors behind Ryan Helsley and Emmanuel Clase. Coming off his first All-Star appearance, the 33-year-old Finnegan should draw plenty of interest from teams looking to add a closer to its bullpen.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
18
Last 5 Games
21
How many pitches does Kyle Finnegan generally throw?
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What part of the game does Kyle Finnegan generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-23%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-18%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .206 | 91 | 41 | 66 | 11 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .268 | 102 | 29 | 115 | 18 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .221 | 33 | 12 | 23 | 5 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .270 | 27 | 12 | 38 | 4 | |||
| 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
-36%
ERA at Home
2024
-52%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 2.86 | 1.03 | 103.2 | 7.4 | 2.8 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.50 | 1.50 | 96.0 | 10.1 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.43 | 0.96 | 33.1 | 7.6 | 3.2 | ||||
| 2024Away | 5.04 | 1.75 | 30.1 | 9.5 | 3.6 | ||||
| 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
2.50K/9
8.5BB/9
3.4HR/9
1.3Fastball
97.3 mphERA
3.68WHIP
1.34BABIP
.303GB/FB
1.76Left On Base
74.6%Exit Velocity
84.0 mphBarrels/BBE
4.2%Spin Rate
1817 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.4%Swinging Strike
10.9%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
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.
More Fantasy News
Secures 38th save
Finnegan earned the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Marlins, allowing one hit while striking out one in a scoreless ninth inning.
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Notches save Friday
Finnegan allowed a hit in a scoreless inning and earned a save over the Marlins on Friday.
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Logs pair of saves Saturday
Finnegan notched a save in each game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Pirates, allowing one run on three hits and a walk in Game 1 and pitching a perfect frame with two strikeouts in Game 2.
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Secures another save
Finnegan earned a save against the Yankees on Wednesday, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out one batter in one inning.
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Shaky in four-out save
Finnegan earned the save in Tuesday's 4-2 victory over the Yankees, allowing a run on three hits and no walks over 1.1 innings with no strikeouts.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Massive asking price
According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, the Nationals are "asking the moon" in trade returns for Finnegan.
ANALYSIS
Despite blowing a four-run lead Monday against the Diamondbacks, the right-hander is one of the top relievers on the market with 28 saves and a 3.48 ERA through 46 appearances this year. Finnegan will have his final year of arbitration eligibility in 2025, and the Nationals are trying to take advantage of the sellers' market at the deadline.
Despite blowing a four-run lead Monday against the Diamondbacks, the right-hander is one of the top relievers on the market with 28 saves and a 3.48 ERA through 46 appearances this year. Finnegan will have his final year of arbitration eligibility in 2025, and the Nationals are trying to take advantage of the sellers' market at the deadline.