Michael Kirkman

Atlanta Braves

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Michael Kirkman threw 2,489 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2016, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2016, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Slider (84mph). He also rarely threw a Splitter (85mph).


In 2016, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball has heavy sinking action, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has an obvious tail and has essentially average velo. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 11 of them in 2016) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, has exceptional depth, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has short glove-side cut. Their splitter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 2 of them in 2016) has dives down out of the zone, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' splitters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' splitters and has slight cut action.