Craig Kimbrel

Craig Kimbrel is a Diamond 90 OVR Closer card for the Cubs, part of the All-Star set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He throws right-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.

On the mound, Craig Kimbrel works with a 3-pitch arsenal led by a 97 mph 4-Seam Fastball and a 86 mph Sweeper. His pitching ratings include 86 Velocity, 63 Control, and 90 Break. The profile favors a movement-heavy arsenal built to miss bats. Notable quirks include Stopper from a total of 3 quirks.

DiamondOps grades each pitch in Craig Kimbrel's arsenal: 4-Seam Fastball (S), Sweeper (S), and Knuckle-curve (B). 2 of them grade S-tier, which is what separates a genuine out-pitch mix from a deep-but-flat arsenal. Its strongest tunnel pairing is the 4-Seam Fastball off the Sweeper, so the two share a release look. Velocity works against the card here — its 86 mph 4-Seam Fastball is slow enough to cost it in the arsenal score. Arsenal grades are the same at every difficulty — unlike a hitter's OpScore, a pitch mix does not re-weight as you climb.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Craig Kimbrel currently buys for about 33,993 stubs, with sell orders near 16,068 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 111%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 14,523 stubs, about a 90% return. DiamondOps flags the card as currently overpriced.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Craig Kimbrel earns an OpScore of 77.5 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1476 among all cards and #72 among Closers.