Antwone KellyPIT · RP

2026 review

Antwone Kelly was a long-relief arm who bounced between Pittsburgh and the minors all year, posting a 4.82 ERA and 1.45 WHIP in 18.2 IP with a 17.3 K% and a 9.9 BB% over 81 BF across 8 games. He was optioned Mar 9, then shuttled up and down with recalls and options on Jun 12, Jun 13, Jul 10, Jul 17, Jul 31, Aug 1, Aug 18, Aug 23 and Sep 10. Undrafted in NFBC drafts, he finished 812th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 512th of 811 pitchers, and 390th of 575 relievers. His work came in bursts by month: 2.1 IP in Jun, 5.0 IP over 2 games in Jul, 1.0 IP in Aug and 10.1 IP over 4 games in Sep. The TDK LABS card tracked the same up-and-down path, calling his Jun stint a short, rough debut, and by Aug and into late Sep it still had him pitching mop-up innings out of the Pittsburgh bullpen with no chance at a save or a hold.