George Kirby projection

George Kirby (RHP, SEA) projects to strike out 22.4% of batters, walk or hit 5.9% and allow home runs to 3.00%, working about 5.2 innings per start.

2026 season: 30 starts, 174.7 innings, 148 strikeouts, 49 walks + HBP, 22 home runs.

2025 Statcast: xwOBA allowed 0.306, CSW 27.325%.

Whiff rate 26.7%, barrels allowed 8.6%, hard-hit rate 43.9%. Projections are regressed toward league average by sample size (2605 batters faced in the weighted sample), so small samples move less.

Recent starts

DateInningsPitches
2026-09-23596
2026-09-164.393
2026-09-116101
2026-09-056.7100
2026-08-31586

Runs allowed per nine innings this season: 4.59. How these numbers feed each game projection is explained on the methodology page, and how to read a pitcher projection explains each number above.

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