Education
A graduate of Hackettstown High School, Kimball first attended Saint John"s University in New York, before transferring to Centenary College of New Jersey and was selected by the Nationals in the 12th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
A graduate of Hackettstown High School, Kimball first attended Saint John"s University in New York, before transferring to Centenary College of New Jersey and was selected by the Nationals in the 12th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Born in Brooklyn, Kimball moved to Hackettstown, New Jersey as a child. After being drafted by Washington, Kimball began his minor-league career pitching for the Vermont Lake Monsters in the short-season New York-Penn League. Kimball remained with the Lake Monsters in 2007.
He accrued a record of 3 wins and 6 losses and a 4.20 European Research Area over 61 innings, consisting of 13 starts and one appearance in relief.
After an unimpressive 2008 season with the low A Hagerstown Suns, where he compiled a 6-8 record and a 5.05 European Research Area he was promoted to the Potomac Nationals (high A) and converted to a reliever. His woes worsened, and although he saved 9 games, his European Research Area was 6.36.
In 2010, however, Kimball seemed to turn the corner. Starting the season at Potomac, he was 3-0 with six saves and an European Research Area of 1.82 before he was promoted.
At Associate of Arts Harrisburg, he continued to pitch well, earning 12 more saves to go with a 5-1 record and European Research Area of 2.33.
Kimball started the 2011 season at American Automobile Association Syracuse. After 12 appearances, in which he threw 13 2/3 innings, without allowing a run, he was called up to the majors. He made his debut on May 14, pitching one scoreless inning.
He made 12 appearances for the Nationals before suffering a torn rotator cuff in July 2011.
He had surgery, and missed the remainder of the 2011 season. Kimball was claimed off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays on November 16, 2011.
However, the Nationals claimed him back on November 18. He missed the 2012 season as he recovered from his injury.
The Nationals removed him from their 40-man roster in July 2013.
Kimball signed a minor league deal with the New York Yankees in February 2014.
