Married, wife's name is Mollie. The couple began dating their junior year of high school...Has an English cream retriever named Maui Blue (@mr.mauiblue on Instagram)...He and Mollie enjoy hiking and will bring Maui Blue with them...Wore No. 56 as a rookie...He did not pick it but it represented his mom's birthday, May 6...Attended New Mexico State University, where he played with former O's teammate Joey Ortiz...Graduated from Millennium (Ariz.) HS...Enjoys traveling. He and his wife have gone to Mexico and Hawaii...Loves watching TV. Some of his favorite shows are Game of Thrones, New Girl, Schitt's Creek and Stranger Things...Grew up in Oregon and played in tournaments against current teammate Adley Rutschman. Kyle was the starting pitcher when Adley made his MLB debut...Growing up, played catcher, outfield and first base before making the transition to pitching...Played football growing up. Began as a quarterback but transitioned to wide receiver as a junior in high school...Went 9-3 with a 2.67 ERA (30 ER/101.0 IP) and 140 strikeouts in 17 starts as a junior at New Mexico State University in 2018.
2023
Went 12-7 with a 2.83 ERA (53 ER/168.2 IP), 168 strikeouts and a 1.04 WHIP in 30 starts (18 quality starts) for the Orioles. Became the first qualified O¡¯s pitcher with a sub-3.00 ERA since Mike Mussina posted a 2.54 ERA (68 ER/241.0 IP) in 1992...Had a 16.0-inning scoreless streak to end the regular season...Finished ranked among qualified MLB leaders in ERA and WHIP (fourth) as well as opponent average (seventh, .215) and among qualified AL leaders in opponent average (second), ERA (third), WHIP (fourth) and winning percentage (T-eighth, .632)...Led O¡¯s pitchers in ERA, strikeouts, opponent average, WHIP and quality starts...His 168 strikeouts were the most by an O¡¯s hurler since Dylan Bundy fanned 184 in 2018...Pitched to a 2.23 ERA (19 ER/76.2 IP) in 13 starts at home this year, the best single-season mark in Oriole Park history among hurlers with at least 70.0 innings pitched at home...Went 4-4 with a 4.22 ERA (25 ER/53.1 IP) in 10 starts against AL East foes, including 4-3 with a 2.74 ERA (14 ER/46.0 IP) in his final eight outings against the division...Appeared on his first career Opening Day roster...Spent time on the 15-day injured list with a right foot contusion from 4/5-19 after being struck by a comebacker in the second inning of his season debut on 4/3 at TEX. Made one rehab start with Double-A Bowie on 4/14...Struck out a season-high 10 batters on 6/8 at MIL...Had a career-best five-game winning streak from 8/1-9/8...Posted five straight quality starts from 8/6-9/8, the longest such streak of his career and longest by an Oriole since Alex Cobb¡¯s six-gamer from 7/26-8/24/18...Tossed a season-high 8.0 scoreless innings on 9/26 vs. WSH, his longest start since 9/22/22 vs. HOU (8.2 IP) and tied for the longest outing by an Oriole in 2023 (also: Rodriguez, 9/16 vs. TB & Gibson, 8/24 vs. TOR)...Made his postseason debut as the starter in Game 1 of the ALDS vs. TEX. Dealt the loss after allowing two runs on seven hits with one walk and nine strikeouts in 4.2 innings. Became the third player in O¡¯s history (since 1954) to strike out at least nine batters in his postseason debut joining Mike Boddicker (14, 10/6/1983 vs. CWS ¨C ALCS G2) and Moe Drabowsky (11, 10/5/1966 at LAD ¨C WS G1).
2022
Made 23 starts in his rookie season, 12 at home and 11 on the road...Began the year with Triple-A Norfolk and was named International League Pitcher of the Week on 4/17...Recalled and made his MLB debut on 4/29 vs. BOS (6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, BB, 2 K, HR, WP); became the first O's pitcher to start his MLB debut since LHP Bruce Zimmermann on 9/17/20 (G2) vs. TB and first to record a quality start in his debut since RHP Dean Kremer on 9/6/20 vs. NYY...Earned his first career win on 5/10 at STL after pitching seven innings, allowing two runs on four hits (HR) with 11 strikeouts; became the first Oriole to pitch seven innings with zero walks and 11 strikeouts since LHP John Means threw a no-hitter on 5/5/21 at SEA...On 5/10 at STL, became only the second pitcher in MLB history to have an outing with 11+ strikeouts and no walks in one of his first three career starts, joining Stephen Strasburg on 6/8/10 vs. PIT with Washington (14 K); also the first O's rookie with 11+ strikeouts in a game since LHP Wei-Yin Chen 7/29/12 vs. OAK (12 K)...Went 3-3 with a 3.28 ERA (26 ER/71.1 IP) in 13 starts after being reinstated from the Injured List on 7/29; placed on the 15-day Injured List with right shoulder inflammation on 6/24, retroactive to 6/21...Began a rehab assignment on 7/9 and made two starts with Double-A Bowie and one with Norfolk; went 1-1 with a 1.42 ERA (2 ER/12.2 IP)...Pitched a career-high 8.2 scoreless innings with two hits and 10 strikeouts on 9/22 vs. HOU, retiring the first 17 batters faced...Ended the year going 3-2 with a 2.76 ERA (14 ER/45.2 IP) in his final eight starts...Made two Grapefruit League appearances (1 GS) in his first big-league Spring Training and did not allow a run in four innings.
2021
Made 22 starts (24 appearances) between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk...Started the season with the Baysox, making three starts and not allowing a run in 13.2 innings of work, while striking out 26...Promoted to Triple-A Norfolk on 5/25 and closed out the season with the Tides, pitching in 21 games (19 starts), going 5-5 with a 4.26 ERA (41 ER/86.2 IP) and 105 strikeouts...Struck out a season-high 10 batters on 5/19 at Richmond and 6/25 vs. Gwinnett...Went 2-0 with a 0.90 ERA (2 ER/20.0 IP) and 24 strikeouts in his final four starts of the season...Posted a 4-2 record and a 3.04 ERA (19 ER/56.1 IP) in 11 starts (13 games) at home...Added to the 40-man roster on 11/19.
