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SSG Landers Close To Signing Kirk McCarty

By Mark Polishuk | November 27, 2022 at 9:44pm CDT

Left-hander Kirk McCarty is close to signing with the KBO League’s SSG Landers, according to a report from Ilgan Sports (hat tip to reporter Sung Min Kim).  A deal will become official once McCarty passes a physical.

McCarty made his Major League debut in 2022, posting a 4.54 ERA over 37 2/3 innings for the Guardians.  Eleven of McCarty’s 13 appearances came out of the bullpen, and he started getting some Triple-A usage as a multi-inning reliever after spending much of his pro career as a starter.  Over his 425 1/3 innings in the minors, McCarty has a 4.30 ERA, 22.9% strikeout rate, and 7.26% walk rate.

These types of numbers were enough to give McCarty his first crack in the big leagues, but ultimately made him a little expendable in the pitching-deep Guardians farm system.  McCarty was actually designated for assignment in July and claimed off waivers by the Orioles, but he pitched just one game with Baltimore’s Triple-A affiliate before he was DFA’ed again, and re-claimed by Cleveland.  Prior to the 40-man roster deadline earlier this month, the Guards designated McCarty again and released him.

McCarty was a seventh-round pick for Cleveland in the 2017 draft, and he has spent his entire career in the organization apart from that one-week sojourn in the Orioles’ system.  The move to the Korea Baseball Organization presents a whole new chapter for the 27-year-old, and perhaps a chance for McCarty to more firmly re-establish himself as a starting pitcher.  Due to his lack of strikeouts, McCarty doesn’t really fit most MLB teams’ preferred model for a starter or a reliever, though he does have some quality spin rates on both his fastball and curveball.

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16 Comments

  1. BirdieMan

    3 years ago

    Who?

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    • Yankee Clipper

      3 years ago

      Ken McCarthy, man. It’s in the article.

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      • BirdieMan

        3 years ago

        My point is, he’s a nobody, he’s irrelevant. No point in even writing about him. Non-story

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        • .

          3 years ago

          Staff Sgt. Landers!!

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        • Yankee Clipper

          3 years ago

          Birdie, lol, I hear you man. That’s why I wrote his name incorrectly. Because nobody know who he is… I was just fooling around, man.

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        • avenger65

          3 years ago

          McCarty. I think I have his bb card…Oh, wait. No, it isn’t him.

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          Reply
        • BirdieMan

          3 years ago

          I should have realized that, my bad

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        • JockStrap

          3 years ago

          You do have the choice to read or not to read the articles posted here. So my point is, he’s more of somebody than you are. There’s a point in writing this article about him & not you.

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        • sufferforsnakes

          3 years ago

          I know who he is. You, not so much.

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        • Ham Fighter

          3 years ago

          Sounds like you are talking about yourself

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    • gwynnpadreshof2007

      3 years ago

      @BirdieMan, apparently he was good enough to make the Big Leagues, while you probably got winded typing your idiotic one word response.

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      Reply
  2. lucas0622

    3 years ago

    Forever a legend in my book for shutting the door against Minnesota in that 15 inning game

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  3. Peart of the game

    3 years ago

    Looks like Font could return to MLB after a dominant two seasons in KBO or is moving to NPB since Shawn Morimando was good as a mid season pick up out of the CPBL.

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  4. NickGarren

    3 years ago

    was hoping the Cubs might have signed him. They need lefties in the pen.

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  5. rowbradfo

    3 years ago

    You could even say they are close to landing McCarty

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  6. User 3044878754

    3 years ago

    David McCarty 1B -OF Twins

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