Joe Jimenez
29-Year-Old
Out
Injury Knee
Est. Return 7/1/2025
2024 Stats
W-L
1-5
ERA
2.62
WHIP
0.99
K
82
SV
3
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Jimenez is in line to help set up for closer Raisel Iglesias again in 2024 after recently signing a 3-year, $26 million contract extension with Atlanta. The 28-year-old is coming off an excellent 2023 campaign that saw him compile a career-best 3.04 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 73:14 K:BB over 56.1 innings. The contact Jimenez allowed was often hit hard (45%) while his average exit velocity allowed (91.1 mph) and barrel percentage (11.4%) both were in the bottom 6% of the league. However, the right-hander continued to miss plenty of bats, as his 30.7% strikeout rate and 32.2% whiff percentage were both in the 88th percentile or higher. Jimenez has closing experience with 20 career saves, but don't expect many chances to arise in 2024 as he's currently 3rd or 4th on Atlanta's depth chart behind Iglesias. Read Past Outlooks
Undergoes knee procedure
Jimenez is expected to mis the next 8-to-12 months while recovering from surgery to repair damaged cartilage in his left knee, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
This news came out of the blue for Jimenez, who was one of Atlanta's top relievers during the 2024 campaign. A timeline for his return should come into focus as he begins to progress in his rehab, but it appears he'll be sidelined for the first half of the 2025 season if not longer.
This news came out of the blue for Jimenez, who was one of Atlanta's top relievers during the 2024 campaign. A timeline for his return should come into focus as he begins to progress in his rehab, but it appears he'll be sidelined for the first half of the 2025 season if not longer.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
16
How many pitches does Joe Jimenez generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Joe Jimenez generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-5%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-4%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .219 | 95 | 21 | 64 | 9 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .207 | 137 | 29 | 81 | 6 | |||
2024vs Left | .177 | 37 | 10 | 20 | 2 | |||
2024vs Right | .185 | 45 | 13 | 25 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .239 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 5 | |||
2023vs Right | .229 | 47 | 9 | 30 | 4 | |||
2022vs Left | .253 | 32 | 6 | 23 | 2 | |||
2022vs Right | .206 | 45 | 7 | 26 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-29%
ERA on Road
2024
-26%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.54 | 1.18 | 89.0 | 10.9 | 3.2 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.53 | 0.97 | 92.2 | 12.0 | 1.7 | ||||
2024Home | 3.03 | 1.10 | 32.2 | 9.6 | 3.9 | ||||
2024Away | 2.25 | 0.89 | 36.0 | 11.8 | 2.3 | ||||
2023Home | 3.46 | 1.23 | 26.0 | 12.1 | 3.1 | ||||
2023Away | 2.67 | 1.09 | 30.1 | 11.3 | 1.5 | ||||
2022Home | 4.15 | 1.22 | 30.1 | 11.3 | 2.7 | ||||
2022Away | 2.73 | 0.95 | 26.1 | 13.3 | 1.4 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Joe Jimenez 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
3.57K/9
10.7BB/9
3.0HR/9
0.3Fastball
94.6 mphERA
2.62WHIP
0.99BABIP
.278GB/FB
1.06Left On Base
70.6%Exit Velocity
80.8 mphBarrels/BBE
2.9%Spin Rate
2284 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
18.6%Swinging Strike
15.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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After scaling back on his fastball in 2021, both in terms of pitch usage and velocity, Jimenez threw his 4-seamer more often (64% usage) last season at a career-high 95.7 mph. He mixed in an effective slider (31%) and occasional changeup (5%) to left-handed batters for an arsenal that yielded career-best strikeout (33.3%) and walk (5.6%) rates. Jimenez's 27.7% K-BB% was 8th-best among qualified relievers and he also set personal marks with a 3.49 ERA and 1.09 WHIP. The right-hander's .328 BABIP was a bit unlucky, while his 1.99 FIP and 2.90 xERA indicate his ratios could have been even better. With 20 saves and 58 holds on his big-league resume, Jimenez has enough high-leverage experience to make do on his "closer of the future" tag from long ago. Don't expect an abundance of saves now that he has been traded to Atlanta, who has a deep bullpen with plenty of capable arms for the ninth inning.
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Secures third save
Jimenez picked up the save in Friday's 5-3 victory over the Marlins, allowing one hit and one walk over one scoreless inning with three strikeouts.
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Nails down save Monday
Jimenez earned a save against the Diamondbacks on Monday, allowing one walk and striking out one batter in one scoreless inning.
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Secures first save
Jimenez struck out one batter in a perfect inning to earn a save over the Tigers on Monday.
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Tagged with loss in matinee
Jimenez (1-1) blew his first save of the season and took the loss in the first game of Monday's doubleheader against the Padres, coughing up four runs on three hits and two walks in one inning. He failed to strike out a batter.
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Grabs second hold
Jimenez struck out two over 1.2 perfect innings Sunday to record his second hold of the season in a win over the Diamondbacks.
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Great fit for Giants
If the Giants are buyers at the trade deadline, they should pursue Jimenez, opines Grant Brisbee of the Athletic.
ANALYSIS
Jimenez is having the best year of his career, posting a 3.28 ERA and 49:8 K:BB while allowing three homers in 35.2 innings. He's cut his career walk and homer rates nearly in half while striking out a career-best 34.8 percent of batters faced. The 27-year-old goes to arbitration one more time before reaching free agency and should still have an affordable salary next year even after receiving a raise over his current $1.79 million contract. Giants relivers have the second-lowest strikeout rate in baseball and, with the recent addition of Trevor Rosenthal, a trade for Jimenez could revamp the back end of the team's bullpen as it pushes for a spot in the postseason.
Jimenez is having the best year of his career, posting a 3.28 ERA and 49:8 K:BB while allowing three homers in 35.2 innings. He's cut his career walk and homer rates nearly in half while striking out a career-best 34.8 percent of batters faced. The 27-year-old goes to arbitration one more time before reaching free agency and should still have an affordable salary next year even after receiving a raise over his current $1.79 million contract. Giants relivers have the second-lowest strikeout rate in baseball and, with the recent addition of Trevor Rosenthal, a trade for Jimenez could revamp the back end of the team's bullpen as it pushes for a spot in the postseason.