We start our discussion of the top starting pitchers in the 2019 Valley League season with Strasburg’s righthander, Mason Kenney.

For pitchers considered for this list, Kenney finished seventh in innings pitched, and tied for seventh in BB/9. Here are his regular season and playoff stats for the summer:

ERA W L G GS IP H R ER BB K BAVG WHIP BB/9 K/9
2019 3.63 3 1 8 7 34.7 38 16 14 11 24 0.279 1.412 2.9 6.2
Play 4.21 1 0 2 2 10.7 13 12 5 3 7 0.271 1.495 2.5 5.9

Furman’s 6-foot-1 righthander put in his best start on June 14 against New Market, when he threw five shutout innings while allowing only two hits, one walk, and struck out five to earn the win. He was named to the North All-Star team midseason.

Kenney is a current sophomore at Furman; here are his freshman stats:

Furman ERA W L G GS IP H R ER BB K WHIP BB/9 K/9
2019 4.80 2 1 11 3 30.0 30 20 16 7 16 1.233 2.1 4.8

Congratulations on your excellent summer!

Rich Cooley (NVDaily)