The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
57.8% of the contact against Kirby is on the ground and 30.4% of it is in the air.
161 tracked batted balls allowed.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Kirby's knuckle curve leaves the bat at 94.5 mph, against 83.8 off his changeup.
86 and 69 of them thrown.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Kirby projects a .294 average, 80th percentile.
829 pitches in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 108th in MLB.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .319 average against Kirby and left-handers to .271.
377 pitches to right-handed hitters, 452 to left-handed hitters.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Kirby averages 91.9 mph across his arsenal, 78th percentile in the league.
829 pitches in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 117th in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
35% of the contact against Kirby with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41% with the bases empty.
112 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 717 with the bases empty.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
46.7% of the balls put in play against Kirby have gone to centre field.
77 of 165 located batted balls allowed.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .298 expected average against them, against .261 on his offspeed pitches.
461 of his fastballs thrown.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Kirby lives in the strike zone: 44.4% of his pitches are in it, 67th percentile.
829 pitches in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 178th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Kirby has given up 4 tracked home runs, 2 of them to left field, the longest 412 feet.
4 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
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The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
57.8% of the contact against Kirby is on the ground and 30.4% of it is in the air.
161 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
46.7% of the balls put in play against Kirby have gone to centre field.
77 of 165 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Kirby has given up 4 tracked home runs, 2 of them to left field, the longest 412 feet.
4 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Kirby's knuckle curve leaves the bat at 94.5 mph, against 83.8 off his changeup.
86 and 69 of them thrown.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Kirby projects a .294 average, 80th percentile.
829 pitches in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 108th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .319 average against Kirby and left-handers to .271.
377 pitches to right-handed hitters, 452 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Kirby averages 91.9 mph across his arsenal, 78th percentile in the league.
829 pitches in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 117th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
35% of the contact against Kirby with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41% with the bases empty.
112 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 717 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .298 expected average against them, against .261 on his offspeed pitches.
461 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Kirby lives in the strike zone: 44.4% of his pitches are in it, 67th percentile.
829 pitches in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 178th in MLB.
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