Tyler Harrison Kinley...Son of Rebecca Kinley...Has two siblings, Ryan and Caroline...Married to Brittanni...Together they have two sons and one daughter...Attended Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla., from 2012-13...Went 5-2 with a 5.67 ERA in 22 games (seven starts)...Became the 13th player in school history to be drafted...Received a degree in exercise physiology...Graduated from Nova High School in Davie, Fla....In his free time, enjoys doing anything outdoors - visiting parks, beaches, etc.
2025
Appeared in a career-high 73 games between Colorado and Atlanta, and compiled a 6-3 record with a 3.96 ERA (32 ER/72.2 IP)...Fanned a career-high 73 batters, one more than the 72 he fanned in 2024...Atlanta acquired him via trade from Colorado on July 30, and through 23 appearances with the Braves he owned a 5-0 record with a 0.72 ERA (2 ER/25.0 IP)...He pitched to a 5.66 ERA in 49 games with Colorado...Allowed a run in his third appearance with the Braves, Aug. 5, and then allowed just one additional tally over his final 21 games...Strung together a career-high scoreless streak of 19.1 innings between runs...Owned 1.3 bWAR in just 24 games with the Braves...Compiled -0.4 bWAR over 134 games with the Rockies since the start of 2023...Walked 5.1 batters per nine innings while with the Rockies, but issued just 2.2 per nine with Atlanta... Walked six in 25 total frames with the Braves...Ranked in the 100th percentile in baseball by allowing a hard-hit percentage of just 29.6 percent...Ranked in the 93rd percentile with an average exit velocity of just 87 mph...In 52 appearances away from Coors Field, he pitched to a 2.58 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP...In 21 games at Coors, logged a 7.52 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP.
2024
Led the Rockies bullpen in appearances and saves, appearing in 67 games while going 6-1 with a 6.19 ERA (64.0 IP, 44 ER), 33 walks, 72 strikeouts and 12 saves...Scoreless in 49 of 66 games, tied for the 16th-most appearances in the NL...Allowed multiple earned runs in 14 of the 17 appearances in which he was scored upon...His 92.3 save percentage (12 SV/13 SVO) was the highest by a Rockie since Huston Street’s 94.6% in 2009 (35 SV/37 SVO) (min. 10 save opportunities)...Converted his first six and last six save opportunities with his only blown save coming on Aug. 12 at Arizona...Scoreless streak of 10 games July 28-Aug.16, the longest single-season scoreless streak of his career...Finished the season on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation...Placed on the IL on Sept. 20.
2023
Logged a career-high five saves in seven opportunities with Colorado…became one of 18 pitchers all-time to post a season with at least five saves in 16.1 IP or less, first player to do so in a full season since Andrew Bailey with the Red Sox in 2012 (six saves, 15.1 IP)...Began his season on the 60-day IL, recovering from 2022 surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow...Reinstated from the 60-day IL and made his season debut Aug. 1 vs. San Diego…gave up a solo home run to Juan Soto through one inning of work...Made seven appearances before going back on the 15-day IL Aug. 20 with right elbow inflammation…reinstated from the IL Sept. 1 and was scoreless in eight of 11 appearances to close out the season...Earned his second career save on Sept. 2 vs. Toronto (0.1 IP), his first since Sept. 29, 2019.
2022
Posted a 0.75 ERA (24.0 IP, 2 ER) in 25 appearances through June 8 before being placed on the injured list on June 12 with a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow, ending his season...Placed on the 15-day injured list on June 12, retroactive to June 9 … transferred to the 60-day injured list on June 19 and underwent surgery on his right elbow the first week of July...At the time of his placement on the 15-day injured list on June 12, ranked fifth in the Majors, second in the NL, with a 0.75 ERA (min. 20 appearances)...His ERA ranked as the third-lowest through a Rockies reliever’s first 25 games of a season in franchise history, the lowest by a right-handed reliever...Did not allow a run in 16 appearances at Coors Field, the first Rockies reliever in franchise history to not allow a run at home in a season (min. 15 appearances) … in 14.2 innings, allowed 13 hits with two walks and 16 strikeouts...Did not allow a home run, one of five Major League relievers with 25 or more appearances and no home runs allowed...Signed a three-year extension with a club option for the 2026 season on Nov. 18.
2021
Led the Rockies with 70.1 innings of relief and 70 appearances – both career highs … career-best 68 strikeouts ranked second among Rockies relievers...Struck out a career-high five batters on April 26 at San Francisco. ..Went scoreless in 21 of his last 25 appearances for a 2.13 ERA (25.1 IP, 6 ER) with 16 hits, six walks, 28 strikeouts and a 0.87 WHIP...Posted an 8.44 ERA (21.1 IP, 20 ER) in 22 games June 5-Aug. 7 with six home runs allowed … prior to that stretch, had compiled nine scoreless outings (9.0 IP), giving up two hits with no walks and eight strikeouts through this span...Posted a 2.03 ERA (13.1 IP, 3 ER) in 14 games in September, limiting opponents to a .167 batting average...Allowed 19 of 42 inherited runners to score, a 45.2 score percentage that was the highest in the NL and third-highest in the Majors.
2020
Made 24 appearances in his first season with Colorado, after being claimed off waivers from Miami on Dec. 9, 2019...Scored upon six times over 24 games…made 17 appearances in which he allowed no runs or hits...Limited left-handed batters to a .111 batting average, tied for the third-lowest opponent batting average against left-handed hitters in the National League (tied for fifth in the Majors)...Pitched a career-high-tying two innings on Sept. 12 vs. Los Angeles-AL (seventh time, last: Aug. 29, 2019 vs. Cincinnati)...Began the season with seven scoreless/hitless appearances (6.1 innings), before allowing five runs while recording no outs on Aug. 12 vs. Arizona.
2019
Made 52 relief appearances with Miami, going 3-1 with a 3.65 ERA (49.1 IP, 20 ER) ... Made the Marlins' Opening Day roster, his second-straight Opening Day roster ... had five stints on the active roster ... Earned his first career win on May 23 vs. Detroit ... recorded his first career save in his last appearance of the season, Sept. 29 at Philadelphia ... Recalled for the third time on July 31 and went 2-1 with a 2.19 ERA (24.2 IP, 6 ER) while limiting opponents to a .165 batting average over his last 27 appearances of the season ... Pitched more than one innings in 10 appearances, including a career-high two innings six times ... Recorded a career-long, 9.2-inning scoreless streak across seven appearances, April 2-20 ... In 14 relief appearances with Triple-A New Orleans, went 0-1 with two saves and a 1.72 ERA (15.2 IP, 3 ER).
2018
Split the season between the Twins and Marlins organizations, combining to make 13 appearances in the Majors with no record and a 12.27 ERA (11.0 ip/15 er)...Made MLB debut for Minnesota on April 7 vs. Seattle (1.0 ip, h, r, er, bb, 2 so)...Was selected by Minnesota in the 2017 Rule 5 Draft; made four relief appearances for Twins, going 0-0 with 24.30 ERA (3.1/9) before being designated for assignment on April 26 and returned to Miami on May 1...Assigned to Triple-A New Orleans upon returning to Marlins organization. Made 40 appearances, going 2-2 with 2.93 ERA (40.0/13) and eight saves in 10 chances...Over final 14 games with New Orleans, was 0-0 with 1.35 ERA (13.1/2), with three saves in three chances...Held opponents scoreless in 30 appearances; allowed one-orzero runs in 34 outings...Did not allow an earned run in 18 road games (16.0 ip) with New Orleans (two unearned runs), posting 1-2 record and converting all four save chances...In 19 home games, was 1-0, 5.32 ERA (22.0/13) with four saves in six chances...Had contract selected by Miami from New Orleans on Sept. 4...Posted 0-0, 7.04 (7.2/6) marks in nine games with the Marlins, holding opponents to .207 average...Held the opponent scoreless in six of his eight appearances.
2017
Began season with Double-A Jacksonville (Miami)...Converted eight of 10 save opportunities for the Suns...Struck out 34 batters in 26.0 innings with the Suns... Transferred to Single-A Jupiter July 22...Converted nine of 10 save opportunities for the Hammerheads, while holding opponents to a .151 batting average...Combined to go 2-3, 3.54 ERA (53.1 IP, 21 ER) with 22 walks and 72 strikeouts in 50 games...held left-handed hitters to a .231 average and right-handers to a .205 average...Selected by Minnesota 20th overall in Rule 5 Draft December 14.
