Before his elbow injury, and before he spent 13 months rehabbing, Tyler Kinley was not just a good relief pitcher. He was dominant.
Dominant as in:
• An 0.75 ERA in 25 games early last season.
• Posting 27 strikeouts vs. just six walks over 24 innings.
• A 16.7% swinging-strike rate that hinted at even more strikeouts to come.
• No home runs allowed and a .226 batting average against.
• A fastball that averaged just shy of 96 mph in 2022 and a slider that sliced through the strike zone at 89-90 mph.