2024 Stats
W-L
2-2
ERA
6.64
WHIP
1.33
K
19
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
After being highly touted as a prospect, Kirby showed great promise in his debut season in 2022. The right-hander took his game to another level in his sophomore campaign, shaving his walk rate from 4.1% to a minuscule 2.5%, the lowest among qualified starters. Kirby has already made history multiple times with his strike-throwing; he tossed 24 consecutive strikes at one point as a rookie and now owns the record for the most quality starts with zero walks (11) by a pitcher age 25 or younger. Kirby lowered his WHIP from 1.21 as a rookie to 1.04 last season while adding more than 60 innings to his 2022 total. His five-pitch mix would seem to give him some room for growth in the strikeout department (career 23.5 K%), but until we see that growth, Kirby should probably remain just outside the fantasy ace tier. Read Past Outlooks
Tosses quality start in victory
Kirby (2-2) earned the win over Cincinnati on Monday, allowing two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out six batters over six innings.
ANALYSIS
Kirby was pounded for 13 runs over 7.2 frames across his previous two starts coming into Monday, but he managed to get back on the right track with a quality start and a victory. The right-hander induced 12 whiffs among his 60 strikes and racked up six punchouts after notching just five over his previous two outings combined. Kirby still has a poor 6.64 ERA and 1.33 WHIP over 20.1 innings on the season, but he has two quality starts among his four appearances.
Kirby was pounded for 13 runs over 7.2 frames across his previous two starts coming into Monday, but he managed to get back on the right track with a quality start and a victory. The right-hander induced 12 whiffs among his 60 strikes and racked up six punchouts after notching just five over his previous two outings combined. Kirby still has a poor 6.64 ERA and 1.33 WHIP over 20.1 innings on the season, but he has two quality starts among his four appearances.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
87
Last 10 Games
87
Last 5 Games
87
How many pitches does George Kirby generally throw?
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What part of the game does George Kirby generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-12%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-38%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .239 | 168 | 27 | 155 | 15 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .273 | 156 | 16 | 184 | 22 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .364 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .225 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .246 | 82 | 11 | 83 | 10 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .247 | 90 | 8 | 96 | 12 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .210 | 77 | 14 | 56 | 4 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .324 | 56 | 8 | 79 | 9 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-20%
ERA at Home
2024
-51%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 3.18 | 1.04 | 181.0 | 9.4 | 1.1 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 3.99 | 1.21 | 160.0 | 7.6 | 1.2 | ||||
| 2024Home | 5.51 | 1.16 | 16.1 | 8.8 | 1.1 | ||||
| 2024Away | 11.25 | 2.00 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.70 | 0.89 | 93.1 | 9.3 | 1.0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.98 | 1.18 | 97.1 | 7.0 | 0.8 | ||||
| 2022Home | 3.28 | 1.22 | 71.1 | 9.7 | 1.3 | ||||
| 2022Away | 3.53 | 1.19 | 58.2 | 8.6 | 1.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does George Kirby compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
9.50K/9
8.4BB/9
0.9HR/9
0.9Fastball
95.5 mphERA
6.64WHIP
1.33BABIP
.375GB/FB
0.81Left On Base
49.6%Swinging Strike
9.8%Prospect Rankings History
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Not untouchable?
Kirby could be included as part of a package for Shohei Ohtani, speculates Jim Bowden of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
Kirby, a 2019 first-round pick, owns a 3.43 ERA this season and a 3.41 ERA across 43 career starts. His .266 expected batting average is subpar, but he counters that with excellent control that's evidenced by his 2.4 percent walk rate, which is the best mark among all qualifiers. He's a logically desirable target in the context of an Ohtani blockbuster.
Kirby, a 2019 first-round pick, owns a 3.43 ERA this season and a 3.41 ERA across 43 career starts. His .266 expected batting average is subpar, but he counters that with excellent control that's evidenced by his 2.4 percent walk rate, which is the best mark among all qualifiers. He's a logically desirable target in the context of an Ohtani blockbuster.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Kirby is an extremely fascinating pitching profile for a few reasons. His primary calling card is his fastball command as he has been incredibly stingy with walks as a pitcher since college. He has 43 walks in 247 innings of professional baseball and walked 50 in 240 innings as a college pitcher at Elon University. He uses that fastball command to fill the strikezone with his fastball as he throws his four-seamer 45% of the time and the league hit .221 against that pitch. That fastball, by velo and movement, aligns him with the likes of Brandon Woodruff, Frankie Montas, Zack Wheeler, and Jameson Taillon according to StatCast. The other part of his profile is the rest of his repertoire is very hittable as every other pitch he threw had an opponents' batting average .266 or higher. Despite that challenge, he won 8 of his 25 starts upon his promotion and still had a good ratios with a stellar 21% K-BB%. If any of his secondary offerings can take a step forward, things could get very interesting for him in a hurry as there were signficant gaps in his actual vs expected batting averages on his cutter, sinker, and slider. Wide awake sleeper!
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Hit hard in Tuesday's loss
Kirby (1-2) took the loss Tuesday in Toronto, coughing up five runs on eight hits over four innings as the Mariners fell 5-3. He struck out three without walking a batter.
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Allows career-high eight runs
Kirby (1-1) took the loss Wednesday, allowing eight runs on 10 hits and no walks over 3.2 innings against the Guardians. He struck out two.
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Shuts down Boston in season debut
Kirby (1-0) earned the win in Friday's 1-0 victory over the Red Sox, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out eight over 6.2 scoreless innings.
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One more chance to round into form
Kirby has an 8.31 ERA and 1.73 WHIP over 8.2 innings across three Cactus League starts.
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Struggles in first spring start
Kirby didn't factor into the decision in Tuesday's Cactus League tie with the Giants, allowing four runs (three earned) on four hits over 1.1 innings.
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