Kevin Ginkel

Bats L Throws R6'4" 235 lbBorn 1994 San Diego, USADebut 2019Team ARIDraft 2014 R16 #478 San Francisco Giants, Southwestern College (CA)Contract 1 y/$2.725M (26) 2026: $2,725,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	156	24.3	8.4	2.58	21.1	6.41	104.2
2027							104.4
2028							104.1

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 92 PITCH+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Tyler Kinley	2022	104.6	86.9	76
2	Jake Diekman	2018	105.0	105.1	282
3	Joe Beimel	2008	107.5	101.3	240
4	Shawn Kelley	2015	104.4	115.4	224
5	Bobby Seay	2009	104.2	did not play
6	Xavier Cedeno	2018	103.5	52.9	13
7	Tim Mayza	2023	106.3	83.7	195
8	Josh Fields	2017	105.5	119.4	154
9	Tony Sipp	2015	105.1	72.4	195
10	Luke Jackson	2023	99.8	94.6	235

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									156				104.4
2026*									217				107.6	101.2	108.7
2025	ARI	1	4	7.36	29	0	3	25.7	121	2	13	29	91.9	93.4	85.3
2024	ARI	8	3	3.21	72	0	5	70.0	291	6	15	77	104.8	98.7	103.5
2023	ARI	9	1	2.48	60	0	4	65.3	254	3	23	70	122.6	98.6	121.2
2022	ARI	1	1	3.38	30	0	1	29.3	124	1	11	30	106.3	102.8	109.1
2021	ARI	0	1	6.35	32	0	0	28.3	129	7	14	31	80.0	97.0	77.0
2020	ARI	0	2	6.75	19	0	1	16.0	79	3	13	18	72.7	98.3	71.0
2019	ARI	3	0	1.48	25	0	2	24.3	96	2	9	28	126.7	98.9	125.6
Career		22	12	3.86	267	0	16	259.0	1094	24	98	283	104.4		102.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ARI	P	29	26	1	1	0	0	1.000	-1.0
2024	ARI	P	72	70	4	4	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2023	ARI	P	60	65	4	4	0	1	1.000	-0.4
2022	ARI	P	30	29	1	4	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2021	ARI	P	32	28	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2020	ARI	P	19	16	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2019	ARI	P	25	24	1	1	1	0	0.667	-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	25	4.0 IP, 20% K	6.75
2022	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	123	30.2 IP, 37% K	1.19
2019	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	67	16.2 IP, 54% K	1.67
2019	AA	Jackson Generals	Pit	65	16.2 IP, 40% K	2.22
2018	AA	Jackson Generals	Pit	161	42.2 IP, 37% K	1.71
2018	A+	Visalia Rawhide	Pit	104	27.1 IP, 38% K	1.00
2017	A	Kane County Cougars	Pit	39	6.2 IP, 13% K	15.97

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.287	0.322	0.348	0.256
2025	0.321	0.382	0.413	0.303
2024	0.310	0.307	0.324	0.291
2023	0.249	0.253	0.240	0.263
2022	0.285	0.317	0.409	0.217
2021	0.544	0.304	0.426	0.367
2020	0.351	0.458	0.334	0.486
2019	0.287	0.233	0.265	0.241

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	1	0	0.00	10	0	0	11.2	8	0	5	15	1.16
Career	1	0	0.00	10	0	0	11.2	8	0	5	15	1.16