2022 Diamondbacks Reviews, #21: Kevin Ginkel

Voting breakdown

Overview

Rating: 4.98

2022 stats: 30 G, 29.1 IP, 3.38 ERA, 2.74 FIP, 1.295 WHIP, 30:11 SO/BB, 120 ERA+, 0.1 bWAR

Date of birth: March 24, 1994 (28 years old)

2022 earnings: League minimum

2023 status: On 40-man roster, pre-arbitration and contract tendered.

2022 in review

I always feel Kevin needs a nickname of some kind. The Ginkelator? Ginkmeister General? Ginkzilla? I’m open to suggestions. He has had a bit of a roller-coaster career with the D-backs, since being picked in the 22nd round of the 2016 draft - a round which doesn’t even exist any more. He broke in with a stellar second-half in 2019, posting an excellent 1.48 ERA over his first 25 games in the major-leagues. That…