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Pirates Prospect Watch: Michael Kennedy Continues an Impressive Month of August

Michael Kennedy pitched five shutout innings on Sunday for Bradenton.

The left-hander, drafted in the fourth round in 2022, has put up some good numbers in the month of August. He has a 2.33 ERA in 19.1 innings, with a 20:5 K/BB. He’s allowed ten hits all month. Sunday was his third start with five innings and one run or less.

Kennedy sat 89.2 MPH with his four-seam fastball, touching 91.1. He had seven whiffs on 22 swings against the pitch. His slider was effective, getting two whiffs on seven swings and 11 called strikes for a 59% called and swinging strike rate.