Kevin Kelly #49

His mother, Terri, studied computer science and taught Kevin basic programming concepts at a young age…he attended James Madison University to play baseball and study computer science…as part of a group project, he created his own web application to improve the NCAA statistics website…after beginning his professional career with Cleveland, he returned to James Madison and graduated in December 2019...Kevin experimented with a sidearm delivery when he was younger while throwing with his father, Mark…his dad encouraged him to show the lower arm angle in a game...Kelly played forward for the varsity soccer team at Paul VI Catholic (Va.) High School.

2022

Made 48 apps (one start) in the Minors in his last season in the Guardians organization…tied for 1st among Guardians minor leaguers in apps...Went 5-2 with a 2.04 ERA (57.1-IP, 13-ER) and 75 SO between Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus, earning a May 30 promotion...Yielded one HR against 251 BF between the two levels…held righties to a .157 avg. (23-for-147), while lefties hit .275 (19-for-69) against him...Struck out 28.9 pct. (43 of 149) of batters faced at the Triple-A level…according to Baseball America, had a 62.2 pct. ground ball rate after his promotion to Columbus...Selected by the Rockies with the No. 8 pick in the major league phase of the Rule 5 Draft and traded to the Rays for cash considerations...Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 27 prospect in the Rays system following the season.

2021

Spent the entire 2021 season with Class-A Lake County…tied for 2nd among Cleveland farmhands with 40 apps and ranked third with seven saves.

2020

In 2020, was not part of the Cleveland 60-man player pool and did not play following the cancellation of the minor league season.

2019

In 2019, began his professional career in the Arizona League…went 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA (17.1- IP, 4-ER) in 14 apps between two affiliates.