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Relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel has found a new team. He and the Baltimore Orioles have reportedly agreed on a one-year, $13 million contract.
The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reported that Kimbrel has passed his physical, which means the deal is likely to be officially announced soon.
Kimbrel has spent the vast majority of his career as a closer and will reportedly continue to fill that role in Baltimore. The Orioles needed someone to replace Felix Bautista at the end of games, as he is expected to miss all of next season while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.
The 2024 season will be Kimbrel's 15th in the majors, and the Orioles will be his eighth team. He came up with the Atlanta Braves in 2010, winning National League Rookie of the Year in 2011 and serving as the team's lights-out closer for five seasons.
Over his career, Kimbrel has a 2.40 ERA with 417 career saves. He has had his share of ups and downs, particularly when he was pitching for the Chicago Cubs. In 2019 and 2020, he had a combined 6.00 ERA, but he bounced back with a 0.49 ERA in 2021 before he was traded to the Chicago White Sox.
Kimbrel has been an All-Star nine times in his career, most recently with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2023. He performed well in Philly throughout the season, serving as the team's closer when hard-throwing reliever Jose Alvarado was on the injured list. Kimbrel ended the regular season with a 3.26 ERA, 23 saves and five blown saves, which doesn't include the blown save in Game 4 of the NLCS against the Arizona Diamondbacks, a win the Phillies seemed to have in the bag until Kimbrel came in and allowed two runs at the worst possible time.
Kimbrel isn't the shut-'em-down closer he once was, but even with a few baserunners, he can still get the job done more often than not. As long as the Orioles don't mind a few blown saves and a handful of nail-biting finishes, he'll be just what they need until Bautista is back and ready to go in 2025.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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