KIRBY’S DREAM WORLD
GEORGE KIRBY, RHP MARINERS
AGE: 23. B-T: R-R.
HT: 6-4. WT: 215.
COLLEGE: Elon.
DRAFTED: Selected by Mariners in first round (20th overall) of 2019 draft.
PROJECTED SCOUTING GRADES
FASTBALL 70
CURVEBALL 50
SLIDER 60
CHANGEUP 60
CONTROL 60
Long before they worked together, righthander George Kirby was on Sean McGrath’s radar.
“He was in Rye, N.Y., pitching at Rye (High), and I was at Iona in New Rochelle,” McGrath said, “so I had seen him a handful of times throughout his high school career, which is pretty cool.
“Fast-forward to the fall of 2017 and I get the opportunity to coach the guy I never thought I’d be able to get at Iona.”
The fall of 2017 is when Kirby landed at Elon, where McGrath had become the pitching coach. At that point, McGrath saw the same intriguing qualities in Kirby that were on display as a high schooler.
“He was athletic and super coordinated,” McGrath said. “He was a strike-thrower in high school, and at the time (his fastball) was 88-90, 91-92 (mph). And it was almost like he had an attachment to the strike zone at times, like an unwillingness
