George Kirby, Mariners

Crazy Pete

Crazy Pete

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Sabermatic expert Bill James’ website had an article lauding strikeout to walk ratio.

It was very positive about George Kirby of the Mariners…

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Last year, George Kirby had an excellent strikeout-to-walk ratio. In 130 innings, he struck out 133 hitters while walked only 23, good enough for a ratio of 6.05 strikeouts per walk allowed.

That’s an excellent mark for any pitcher. It is a really excellent mark for a rookie pitcher.

Here’s how Kirby sat among the qualified pitchers from last year:

Rank Pitcher K-to-BB
1 Aaron Nola 8.10
2 Kevin Gausman 7.32
3 Corey Kluber 6.62
4 Justin Verlander 6.38
- George Kirby 6.05
5 Shane Bieber 5.50
6 Yu Darvish 5.32
7 Max Fried 5.31
8 Gerrit Cole 5.14
9 Shane McClanahan 5.11
10 Shohei Ohtani 4.98

You see the same correlation between pitching excellence and strikeout-to-walk ratio in this leaderboard. Kluber, Verlander, and Beiber have all won Cy Young Awards. Cole, Nola, Darvish, and Guasman have been annual contenders. McClanahan, Ohtani, and Fried are in the early stages of their career, but there are no slouches on this list: these are strong pitchers.

Last year, George Kirby ranked right in the middle of them.

And this year?

So far in 2023, George Kirby has 35 strikeouts and three walks, for a ratio of 11.67 strikeouts-per-walk.
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Article at Bill James Online

He consistently has quality starts.
He’s giving up a lot of chalk today, -198 at the casino I’m at, but I’m going to lay some.
 
Crazy Pete

Crazy Pete

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Sheesh 🙄
Kane was right.
Crazy was wrong

15 of Kirby’s last 18 starts were high quality.
Kirby had allowed just eight earned runs over his previous 6 starts.
He stunk today.
Kane rightfully rewarded with a high odds payout.
Congratulations.
Kirby is good, but in retrospect not good enough to give up -198. Too much can go wrong and even if he did extend his 15 out of 18 quality starts, he would’ve lost anyway.
 
FairWarning

FairWarning

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Crazy Pete said:
Sheesh 🙄
Kane was right.
Crazy was wrong

15 of Kirby’s last 18 starts were high quality.
Kirby had allowed just eight earned runs over his previous 6 starts.
He stunk today.
Kane rightfully rewarded with a high odds payout.
Congratulations.
Kirby is good, but in retrospect not good enough to give up -198. Too much can go wrong and even if he did extend his 15 out of 18 quality starts, he would’ve lost anyway.
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I’ve played on Kirby a couple of times this year. The Seattle offense is overrated, and the Tigers pitching has been fairly decent lately.
 
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MrTop

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one pitcher on that list from last year stinks.... kluber.. at 37 y/o should think about packing it in. He was good at one time


kirby kid looks good . No gas but knows how to pitch at a young age already. Seattle not a bad fielding team. Kirby unlucky with W/L
 
Heim

Heim

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He had no hit stuff tonight. 99-100 all night. No walks, 3 hits and a runner didn't get into scoring position until the 9th.

SEA staff is wicked. This kid Hancock looks like the real deal too.
 
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