Tag: George Kirby

Seattle’s George Kirby made some wild MLB history with his first 24 pitches against the Nationals

What an incredible way to start a game.

There are a lot of weird Major League Baseball records out there that I either don’t know exist or wouldn’t even think to know exist. Baseball is just a beautiful game where lots of weird things can happen.

This morning I learned about one of those records I had never thought of before and the more I think about it the more I think this accomplishment is one of the coolest I’ve see in a while.

So here’s what happened: Seattle Mariners pitcher George Kirby threw 24 straight strikes in his start Wednesday against the Nationals. That broke a previous record of 21 strikes, which was. done by Joe Musgrove for Pittsburgh in 2018 and Brett Cecil for St. Louis in 2017.

That’s a lot of strikes in a row without throwing a ball!

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Kirby gave up five hits and one run during that stretch but only allowed that one run in seven innings of work. The Mariners gave up 2 runs in the bottom of the ninth to lose the game, but whatever, this was some cool history made by Kirby.

Twitter agreed:

Fantasy baseball: 5 pitchers worth adding to replace Max Scherzer on your roster

Don’t panic!

Things were just going too well for the Mets, weren’t they?

A nice cushion atop the National League East, one of the best rotations in baseball and an offense to match. Something, inevitably, would have to give. Well, that something just happened to be Max Scherzer’s oblique.

On Thursday, New York announced Scherzer would be shelved for 6-8 weeks after he pulled himself from Wednesday’s game following an injury on the mound. Not even 24 hours later, a nightmare scenario emerged: the Mets would now be without Max for two months—all while already down Jacob deGrom and Tylor Megill.

It’s especially tough news for fantasy managers who could easily pencil in Scherzer for a quality start with 8+ strikeouts every five days. Now that the NL Cy Young favorite is going on the injured list, here’s a look at some pitchers on the waiver wires who should help in the interim.

There might not be any replacing Max, but these guys can make his absence a little easier to manager.

All roster info via FantasyPros.