2025 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.50
K
1
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
Secures bullpen spot
Manager Alex Cora announced Tuesday that Kelly has made the Opening Day roster, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Kelly allowed two earned runs on four hits and a walk with eight strikeouts across 7.2 innings in his seven appearances during spring training. The righty began the 2024 season well, posting a 1.53 ERA across his first 29.1 innings. However, he had a 6.59 ERA across his next 27.1 innings, which resulted in him being optioned to Triple-A Worcester in September. He will look to use his spring training as jumping point to recapture what he had in the first half of 2024.
Kelly allowed two earned runs on four hits and a walk with eight strikeouts across 7.2 innings in his seven appearances during spring training. The righty began the 2024 season well, posting a 1.53 ERA across his first 29.1 innings. However, he had a 6.59 ERA across his next 27.1 innings, which resulted in him being optioned to Triple-A Worcester in September. He will look to use his spring training as jumping point to recapture what he had in the first half of 2024.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
22
Last 10 Games
22
Last 5 Games
22
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-19%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-100%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .232 | 30 | 21 | 26 | 7 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .187 | 38 | 14 | 26 | 3 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .242 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 7 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .182 | 35 | 12 | 22 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .222 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .214 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-1%
ERA at Home
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| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.82 | 1.43 | 37.2 | 9.1 | 5.0 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 3.86 | 1.09 | 30.1 | 8.9 | 4.2 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 0.00 | 0.50 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 4.22 | 1.44 | 32.0 | 9.6 | 4.8 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.65 | 1.01 | 24.2 | 9.9 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2023Home | 1.59 | 1.41 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.4 | ||||
| 2023Away | 7.36 | 1.91 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 9.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Zack Kelly 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
0.00K/9
4.5BB/9
0.0HR/9
0.0Fastball
0.0 mphERA
0.00WHIP
0.50BABIP
.177GB/FB
1.00Left On Base
100.0%Exit Velocity
0.0 mphBarrels/BBE
0.0%Spin Rate
0 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
0.0%Swinging Strike
8.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Kelly was a journeyman reliever earlier in his minor-league career. He gained fastball velocity during the off year in 2020 and came back racking up the strikeouts in 2021 and 2022, culminating with him fanning 72 batters (34.4 percent) in 49.2 innings at Triple-A Worcester before earning his MLB debut last season. In addition to his mid-90s fastball, Kelly sports a plus changeup that has similar movement characteristics to Devin Williams' famous "airbender" changeup. Kelly probably won't get saves as a rookie, but he could offer value in leagues where relievers who post good ratios and strikeouts are useful.
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Sent to minors
The Red Sox optioned Kelly to Triple-A Worcester on Saturday, Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe reports.
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Bound for Worcester
The Red Sox will option Kelly to Triple-A Worcester on Saturday, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
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Tosses three scoreless frames
Kelly did not factor in the decision Monday against Toronto after issuing two walks over three scoreless innings as the opener. He struck out four batters during the loss.
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Opening Monday's game
Kelly will serve as the Red Sox's opening pitcher for Monday's game against the Blue Jays, Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald reports.
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Coughs up lead
Kelly allowed two runs (one earned) on one hit while striking out three over two innings in Monday's 9-8 extra-innings loss to Colorado.
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Should soon return to majors
Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican expects Kelly's stay at Triple-A Worcester to be a short one after being optioned Sunday.
ANALYSIS
The right-hander has a 2.16 ERA and 1.26 WHIP across 16.2 innings for Boston this season, so it's only a matter of time before he's back in the big-league bullpen. Kelly likely won't be in the high-leverage mix for the Red Sox anytime soon, but it's not completely out of the question if the club trades away the likes of Kenley Jansen and Chris Martin, both of whom are pending free agents, this summer.
The right-hander has a 2.16 ERA and 1.26 WHIP across 16.2 innings for Boston this season, so it's only a matter of time before he's back in the big-league bullpen. Kelly likely won't be in the high-leverage mix for the Red Sox anytime soon, but it's not completely out of the question if the club trades away the likes of Kenley Jansen and Chris Martin, both of whom are pending free agents, this summer.