The biggest takeaway from Kirby's start was a new cutter. Kirby threw the cutter just 11 times out of 2,967 total pitches in 2024, according to Baseball Savant. Kirby is already one of the best ...

That was before news broke on March 7 that starting pitcher George Kirby was week-to-week with right shoulder inflammation. The news came with the information that he would likely begin the season ...

But a cutter could help Kirby reverse two tendencies that came to a head last August when he gave up three homers per nine innings and had an ERA near seven and everyone wondered what was going on.

Entering Thursday, Logan Gilbert, Luis Castillo and George Kirby had all gotten time on the ... pitcher didn't induce a strike with his new cutter he's been working on, per a post on "X" (formerly ...