{"id":855793,"date":"2026-09-21T19:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/855793\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:58:19","slug":"brother-of-craig-kimbrel-dies-in-motorcycle-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/855793\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother of Craig Kimbrel dies in motorcycle crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The younger brother of nine-time All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrel was killed in a weekend motorcycle crash in Huntsville, Ala.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Kimbrel, 36, a former minor league pitcher with the Atlanta Braves, died Saturday morning after colliding with a dump truck, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The Braves drafted Matt Kimbrel in the 31st round in 2012. The right-hander played three seasons in the low minors and finished 7-6 with a 7.04 ERA and two saves in 43 appearances (no starts).<\/p>\n<p>Craig Kimbrel, 38, ranks fifth on the all-time saves list with 441. The 2011 National League Rookie of the Year currently is on the 40-man roster of the Kansas City Royals, his 12th team in 17 major league seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Field Level Media. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published September 21, 2026 at 10:37 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The younger brother of nine-time All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrel was killed in a weekend motorcycle crash in Huntsville,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-855793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}