Kyle Crick had an outstanding 2018 season. In his debut season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the hard throwing right hander posted a 2.39 ERA, 3.14 FIP and 1.13 WHIP across 60.1 innings of work. He was great at limiting home runs, allowing just three long balls. Crick also struck out 65 batters and walked just 23 of the 255 batters he faced. Eventually, he forced himself into the set-up role after showing he could handle high leverage situations (.548 opponent OPS in high leverage moments, .515 opponent OPS with runners in scoring position).
When the 2019 season rolled around, expectations were high for the former San Francisco Giant prospect as Crick was expected to be one of the Pittsburgh Pirates go to high leverage releivers.