San Diego Padres closer Kirby Yates (elbow) left Friday's game in the eighth inning after just six pitches as he was experiencing elbow soreness. Yates had been held out of action for the past week due to soreness in his back. He is currently scheduled for an MRI on his elbow and early indications make it sound like a trip to the Injured List is likely. Yates owners and any fantasy owners looking for saves help may want to consider adding Drew Pomeranz, who will likely be the team's closer in ...

San Diego Padres closer Kirby Yates had two straight two-run outings at the end of July that will definitively damper his ERA for the remainder of 2020. In such a shortened season, owners will have to rely on stuff and pitch mix moving forward, rather than gaudy small sample size stats. Following another save Friday, Yates has now peeled off two in a row, amassing seven strikeouts in 4 innings. Most importantly, batters are swinging and missing against the right-hander more than ever before; ...

San Diego Padres closer Kirby Yates notched his first save in Mondays victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Spotted a two-run lead, Yates promptly served a moonshot to Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger to make things interesting. He then struck out the side to secure the Friars win. Through four outings, Yates possesses a grotesque 13.50 ERA and 3.00 WHIP, but the positive takeaway is he remains the ninth-inning man. Drafted as a premium closer, fantasy managers will hold their breaths that...

San Diego Padres reliever Kirby Yates entered the ninth inning in Friday's game against the Rockies with a three-run lead, but after allowing two runs and loading the bases, Drew Pomeranz was brought in to clean up the mess. Pomeranz then retired Chris Owings to seal the victory, earning himself his second save of the year after tossing a clean ninth earlier this week. That's now back-to-back outings where Yates has allowed two runs and failed to finish off his inning after a dominant 2019 ...

San Diego Padres closer Kirby Yates allowed two earned runs and suffered a loss Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The All-Star entered a tie game in the ninth and yielded two knocks and two walks to squander the Friars chance to stay undefeated. He was yanked after exhausting 28 pitches and managing just two outs. Yates tossed a flawless frame Saturday in a non-save situation so this follow-up performance was discouraging. After working two consecutive days, he likely wont be available ...

San Diego Padres closer Kirby Yates pitched in an intrasquad game at the end of his second day in summer camp on Tuesday, striking out Ty France and Wil Myers before walking Greg Garcia and getting Franchy Cordero to ground out. Yates was late to arrive to summer camp with the Padres due to a non-COVID-related family issue. He's the team's undisputed ninth-inning man and was excellent in 2019, recording a 1.19 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 15.0 K/9 and 41 saves in his 60 2/3 innings. He's going as a ...

San Diego Padres closer Kirby Yates is not in summer camp due to a non-COVID-related family issue, according to general manager A.J. Preller. Yates is likely to report to San Diego later this weekend and go through the subsequent testing protocols. The 33-year-old right-handed reliever was lights-out for the Friars as a first-time All-Star, posting a 1.19 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 15.0 K/9 and career-high 41 saves in 60 2/3 frames. Heading into the shortened 2020 season as the team's unquestioned ...

We continue to wait on a start date for the 2020 MLB season. The extra time we have allows us to dig deeper into the player pool, looking for breakout players. We have seen the relief pitching position evolve over recent seasons, allowing for more and more draftable players. In this article, we will take a look at three late-round relief pitchers to target in your fantasy drafts.Last season, there was only one closer that saved over 40 games (Kirby Yates). Despite that, there were still some ...

This will be my sixth season with RotoBaller, and consequently, my sixth time participating in this bold predictions series. Over that time, I've amassed a fairly strong record with bold predictions, generally clocking in with a success rate of 30 percent. I correctly predicted Bryce Harper's MVP campaign in 2015 and Kirby Yates leading the league in saves last season, and in between had a nice run in calling starting pitcher busts (Julio Teheran, Sonny Gray, and Aaron Sanchez in successive ...

If you thought San Diego closer Kirby Yates was nasty in 2018 after taking over as the Padres closer finishing with 12 saves and a 36% K-rate wait until you get a load of what he did in 2019. Yates wasnt just fire; he was pure, elemental heat, burning white-hot while burning down opposing batters with a 41.6% K-rate and a .228 wOBA that was in the top-1% of baseball. That was in addition to the 4.1% barrel-rate that was in the top-5%, and a .259 xSLG that was also in the top-1%. Oh, and there...