The 10th best starting pitcher in the 2017 Valley League season is Waynesboro’s Payton Kinney!
Payton, a 6-foot-3, 215 pound righthander from Nebraska-Omaha, put up the following statline for the Generals:
| Way | ERA | W | L | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | BAVG | WHIP | BB/9 | K/9 |
| 2017 | 3.40 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 37.0 | 38 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 32 | 0.260 | 1.351 | 2.9 | 7.8 |
| Play | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.212 | 0.778 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
Of the pitchers considered for this list, Payton finished 9th in ERA, tied for 7th in strikeouts, 10th in batting average against, 8th in BB/9, and tied for 6th in K/9. His best start was the playoff start you see above, which was against Harrisonburg on July 29th. He also threw 6 shutout, one-hit innings against the Turks on June 14th. He was named 2nd team All-Valley.
Here are his college stats:
| ERA | W | L | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | BAVG | WIP | BB/9 | K/9 | |
| 2017 | 3.88 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 51.0 | 39 | 25 | 22 | 31 | 56 | 0.204 | 1.373 | 5.5 | 9.9 |
| 2016 | 5.40 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 41.7 | 44 | 34 | 25 | 18 | 62 | 1.487 | 3.9 | 13.4 | |
| 2015 | 4.17 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 69.0 | 71 | 47 | 32 | 22 | 52 | 1.348 | 2.9 | 6.8 |
Payton redshirted in 2014, and spent 2015 and 2016 at Southeast Community College, a junior college in Nebraska.
Congratulations on your excellent summer, Payton!
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