Atlanta released Kinley on Friday, Chad Bishop of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Kinley had been scrubbed from the 40-man roster and is now a free agent after passing through waivers unclaimed. The right-handed reliever held a 2.79 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and 64:26 K:BB across 67.2 frames during his time in Atlanta, but a rough start to the second half (6.00 ERA and 7:7 K:BB over nine innings) cost him his job. Kinley should be able to latch on with a new team quickly.