Kyle McPherson

25-Year-Old Pitcher – Pittsburgh Pirates

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McPherson is expected to compete for Pittsburgh's fifth starter spot in 2013. The hard-throwing righty demonstrated impeccable control again in 2012, striking out 63 batters while walking just nine in...

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STATUS: 7-Day DL INJURY TYPE: Elbow EST. RETURN: Unclear

LEAGUE: AAA 40 MAN: NO BATS: B THROWS: R HT: 6' 4" WT: 220 DOB: 11/11/1987
BORN: Creola, AL COLLEGE: Mobile DRAFTED: 14th Rd

May 8, 2013 – Kyle McPherson News

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McPherson (elbow) received a platelet-rich plasma injection Wednesday and will be rested before resuming throwing, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.

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Kyle McPherson Stats

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Year	Age	Lg	Tm	G	GS	SH	IP	H	ER	HR	K	BB	W	L	SV	BS	HLD	ERA	WHIP
2010	22	A+	Bra	2	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.50
2010	22	AA	Wes	2	21	0	117.2	96	47	14	124	31	9	9	0	0	0	3.59	1.08
2011	23	A+	Bra	16	12	0	72.2	62	23	4	60	6	4	1	0	0	0	2.85	0.94
2011	23	AA	Alt	16	16	0	89.1	75	30	7	82	21	8	5	0	0	0	3.02	1.08
2012	24	AA	Alt	3	9	0	48.2	54	22	5	46	5	3	5	0	0	0	4.07	1.22
2012	24	AAA	Ind	3	3	0	18.1	11	2	1	17	4	0	1	0	0	0	0.98	0.83
2012	24	MAJ	PIT	10	3	0	26.3	24	8	3	21	7	0	2	0	0	0	2.73	1.18
2013	25	AAA	Ind	2	2	0	4.2	11	10	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	19.29	3.57
AccuScore ROS Projections		MAJ		Subscribe now to see the 2013 Rest Of Season AccuScore projections for Kyle McPherson
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3-Year Averages		MAJ		10	3	0	26.3	24	8	3	21	7	0	2	0	0	0	2.73	1.18

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Kyle McPherson Advanced Stats

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Year	Age	Lg	Tm	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	GB/FB Ratio	Strand %	Fastball	ERA	FIP	BABIP
2010	22	A+	Bra	2	0	4.0	15.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	–	100%	–	0.00	-.30	.318
2010	22	AA	Wes	2	21	117.2	9.52	2.38	4.00	1.08	–	70.8%	–	3.59	3.66	.284
2011	23	A+	Bra	16	12	72.2	7.48	0.75	10.00	0.50	–	70.3%	–	2.85	2.84	.288
2011	23	AA	Alt	16	16	89.1	8.28	2.12	3.90	0.71	–	74.2%	–	3.02	3.16	.287
2012	24	AA	Alt	3	9	48.2	8.59	0.93	9.20	0.93	–	68.5%	–	4.07	3.14	.353
2012	24	AAA	Ind	3	3	18.1	8.45	1.99	4.25	0.50	–	92.9%	–	0.98	2.70	.227
2012	24	MAJ	PIT	10	3	26.3	7.18	2.39	3.00	1.03	1.13	82.1%	93.0 MPH	2.73	4.11	.283
2013	25	AAA	Ind	2	2	4.2	4.29	8.57	0.50	0.00	–	33.3%	–	19.29	6.53	.528
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3-Year Averages		MAJ		10	3	26.3	7.18	2.39	3.00	1.03	–	82.1%	–	2.73	3.88	.283

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2013 Stat Review for Kyle McPherson As compared to the top 200 starting pitchers in 2012 (min 40 in)

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0.50 K/BB

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4.29 K/9

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8.57 BB/9

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0.0 MPH Fastball

TERRIBLE

0.0 HR/9

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0.00 GB/FB Ratio

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19.29 ERA

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3.57 WHIP

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6.53 FIP

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BABIP/Strand

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.528 BABIP

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33.3% Strand Rate

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Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

Majors

Alvarez, Pedro (3B)
Barmes, Clint (SS)
Burnett, A.J. (P)
Cole, Gerrit (P)
Cumpton, Brandon (P)
Gomez, Jeanmar (P)
Grilli, Jason (P)
Hughes, Jared (P)
Inge, Brandon (3B)
Irwin, Phil (P)
Jones, Garrett (1B)
Karstens, Jeff (P)
Liriano, Francisco (P)
Locke, Jeff (P)
Marte, Starling (OF)
Martin, Russell (C)
Mazzaro, Vin (P)
McCutchen, Andrew (OF)
McDonald, James (P)
McKenry, Mike (C)
Melancon, Mark (P)
Mercer, Jordy (SS)
Morris, Bryan (P)
Morton, Charlie (P)
Presley, Alex (OF)
Reid, Ryan (P)
Rodriguez, Wandy (P)
Sanchez, Gaby (1B)
Snider, Travis (OF)
Tabata, Jose (OF)
Walker, Neil (2B)
Watson, Tony (P)

Wilson, Justin (P)

AAA

Black, Victor (P)
Brown, Brooks (P)
Carroll, Brett (OF)
Contreras, Jose (P)
d'Arnaud, Chase (SS)
De Jesus, Ivan (2B)
Ford, Darren (OF)
Godfrey, Graham (P)
Goedert, Jared (3B)
Hague, Matt (1B)
Harrison, Josh (SS)
Johnson, Kris (P)
Lambo, Andrew (OF)
May, Lucas (C)
Kyle McPherson (P)
Oliver, Andrew (P)
Pie, Felix (OF)
Pimentel, Stolmy (P)
Sanchez, Tony (C)
Sands, Jerry (OF)
Severino, Atahualpa (P)
Welker, Duke (P)
Zagurski, Mike (P)

AA

Alderson, Tim (P)
Baker, Nathan (P)
Bromberg, David (P)
Chalk, Brad (OF)
Cordier, Erik (P)
Cunningham, Jarek (3B)

Curry, Matt (1B)
Dickerson, Alex (1B)
Farrell, Jeremy (3B)
Hart, Kevin (P)
Hollingsworth, Ethan (P)
Jackson, Steven (P)
Julio, Jorge (P)
Kingham, Nick (P)
Larish, Jeff (1B)
McClune, Austin (OF)
Ngoepe, Gift (SS)
Norman, Anthony (OF)
Perez, Miguel (C)
Polanco, Gregory (OF)
Pribanic, Aaron (P)
Rojas, Jr, Mel (OF)
Sadler, Casey (P)
Sandfort, Jonathan (P)
Santos, Adalberto (OF)
Sinkbeil, Brett (P)
Solis, Ali (C)
Taillon, Jameson (P)
Tejeda, Oscar (OF)
Toregas, Wyatt (C)
Waldrop, Kyle (P)
Yates, Tyler (P)

A+

Allie, Stetson (3B)
Anderson, Calvin (1B)
Cardenas, Eliecer (P)
Chambers, Evan (OF)
Erickson, Casey (P)
Ford, Shelby (2B)

Gamache, Daniel (3B)
Hanson, Alen (2B)
Krol, Noah (P)
Lattimore, Quincy (OF)
Navarro, Eliecer (P)
Thornton, Zach (P)

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Barnes, Barrett (OF)
Bell, Joshua (OF)
Brito, Jesus (3B)
Castro, Orlando (P)
Dodson, Zackry (P)
Garcia, Willy (P)
Glasnow, Tyler (P)
Heredia, Luis (P)
Mathisen, Wyatt (C)
Medina, Jhondaniel (P)
Osuna, Jose (3B)
Stevenson, Trent (P)
Von Rosenberg, Zack (P)

Rookie

Brewer, Colten (P)
De la Cruz, Julio (3B)
Escobar, Elvis (OF)
Jones, Jacoby (2B)
McGuire, Reese (C)
Meadows, Austin (OF)
Pimentel, Julio (P)
Polanco, Yomifer (OF)
Rowland, Robby (P)
Taylor, Blake (P)
Waldron, Tyler (P)

Dickson, Cody (P)

Career Pitcher vs. Batter Stats (View All Matchup Data)

Worst Matchups for Kyle McPherson (by OPS against, min 0 AB)

Batter	Team	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	AVG	SLG	OPS
Ike Davis	NY-N	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	.500	2.000	2.500
Chris Snyder	BAL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Everth Cabrera	SD	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Tony Campana	AZ	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Aramis Ramirez	MIL	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Ruben Tejada	NY-N	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Matt Dominguez	HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Norichika Aoki	MIL	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.333	1.333	1.667
Jean Segura	MIL	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.500	1.000	1.667
Mike Leake	CIN	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.500	1.000	1.500

Best Matchups for Kyle McPherson (by OPS against, min 0 AB)

Batter	Team	AB	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Jose Altuve	HOU	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Steve Clevenger	CHI-N	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Yasmani Grandal	SD	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Edinson Volquez	SD	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Carlos Quentin	SD	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Brett Jackson	CHI-N	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Chris Rusin	CHI-N	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Jordany Valdespin	NY-N	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Edgar Gonzalez	HOU	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Corey Hart	MIL	0	0	.000	.000	.000

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Kyle McPherson: Past News Updates ( ▲ View most recent update )

4/28/2013

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McPherson is still dealing with elbow discomfort and will face an even longer shutdown period, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

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4/15/2013

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McPherson (elbow) will be shut down for the next two weeks, Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.

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4/14/2013

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McPherson (elbow) will visit with team doctors this week to gain further clarity on his injury, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

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4/13/2013

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McPherson has been placed on the minor league DL due to forearm tightness, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.

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3/27/2013

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The Pirates reassigned McPherson to Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday, according to the team's official website.

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3/26/2013

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McPherson allowed three homers and five earned runs in five innings Monday, in his final start before the Bucs decide upon their fourth and fifth starters.

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3/24/2013

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McPherson and Jeff Locke are both expected to be in the rotation to start the season with the news that Jeff Karstens (shoulder) will likely start the season the disabled list.

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3/20/2013

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McPherson faced 26 Atlanta batters and allowed eight earned runs in 4.2 frames Wednesday as his duel with Jeff Locke for the Bucs' fifth starter's spot continued. "The one thing he did do is he kept firing and kept battling," manager Clint Hurdle said. "At the same time, you've got to find ways to get outs and execute with more consistency, especially as we're closing in on things," the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.

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