Kyle Hart #68

Pitched five seasons at Indiana University (2012-16), where he was roommates with Kyle Schwarber...Received a medical redshirt after undergoing Tommy John surgery as a junior...He was Indiana University’s Friday night starter during his 2016 senior campaign, leading the Big Ten in wins (10) while exiting the program as the second-winningest pitcher (31 wins) in the Hoosiers’ record books...He was also a First Team All-Big Ten selection in 2016, named to the ABCA/Rawlings Mideast All-Region Team and twice boasted Big Ten Player of the Week honors.

2025

2025 marked his first MLB action since 2020 with BOS, and he made 20 appearances (six starts) for SD across five separate stints with the club...Cracked SD’s Opening Day roster and opened the campaign as the club’s No. 5 starter, making five consecutive starts (2-2, 6.00 ERA) from March 31-April 23 prior to his first option to Triple-A El Paso on April 25...Earned the winning decision in his Padre debut on March 31 vs. CLE, guiding the Padres to a 5-0 start for the first time in franchise history and his first MLB win...The Padres would go on to win two more contests, extending their franchise record to 7-0 to begin the season…He struck out four Guardians and walked one behind five innings of two-hit ball...The only damage came on solo shots from Jose Ramirez and Austin Hedges...Did not make it out of the first inning in his second start on April 6 vs. CHC at Wrigley Field (0.2 IP, two H, five ER, four BB), but the Padres came back to win the contest...SD won a third consecutive start of Hart’s on April 12 vs. COL…He took the mound for his first career start vs. an NL West opponent, tossing 6.0-shutout innings of one-hit ball in SD's 2-0 victory…His 6.0 scoreless frames were part of a 37 consecutive scoreless innings streak by SD hurlers, tying for the second-longest streak in franchise history (1988), trailing only the 40 consecutive scoreless innings set in 40.0 IP by the 1984 club…The Padres tossed five shutouts in their first nine home games of the season, becoming just the second team to ever accomplish the feat, joining the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1876: the very first year of MLB…The club also became the first pitching staff to shut out their opponents seven times in March/April, the most shutouts for a team's pitching staff in March/April in one season in MLB history...SD lost all of his next three starts (April 18 @ HOU, April 23 @ DET and May 28 vs. MIA), allowing a combined 12 ER and six HR across 14.0 IP (7.71 ERA, .333 BA against)...Following the May 28 spot start vs. MIA, Hart worked exclusively in relief for SD starting with his next call up on July 6…In his 14 relief outings from July 6-Sept. 26, went scoreless in nine of the 14 with a 1-1 record, two holds, 4.67 ERA, .150 BA against and a 20-to-seven SO/BB ratio (10.38 SO/9 IP)...Opponents sent just 57 lefties to the plate against Hart, and he retired 44 of the 57 (seven 1B, two 2B, one HR, three BB) for a .189/.246/.283 slash line and 13 SO...Righties went 28-for-110 (.255/.320/.527), with eight of the nine HR he allowed and a 24-to-10 SO/BB ratio...In his 11 appearances (three starts) at Petco Park, he went 3-0 with a 3.91 ERA and .169 BA against...In his nine road appearances (three starts), he went 0-3 with an 8.66 ERA and .311 BA against...Hart walked 13 of his 179 batters faced for a 7.3% walk rate below the 8.4% league average...Four of those walks came in his second outing of the season on April 6 at CHC...Per Statcast, relied heavily on his sweeper (33.3%), a pitched he honed in on in Korea in '24, and limited opponents to a .132 BA (.170 xBA) with nearly half of his strikeouts (18 of 37) coming against the pitch...The .132 clip tied for the 10th lowest BA against any sweeper league-wide (min. 200 pitches thrown)...Made 19 appearances (nine starts) for El Paso, going 2-4 with a 4.45 ERA and .273 BA against…His first eight appearances came in starts from May 3-June 28 (1-3, 5.26 ERA, .276 BA against)…Ten of his final 11 appearances from July 12-Aug. 28 came in relief (1-1, 2.79 ERA, .267 BA against).

2024

Spent 2024 with the NC Dinos of the Korean Baseball Organization, and was awarded the Choi Dong-won Award, the KBO equivalent of MLB’s Cy Young Award, after leading the league with 182 strikeouts and finishing second in both wins (13) and ERA (2.69) across 26 appearances (all starts)…Walked just 38 of his 631 batters faced for a 6.0 percent walk rate to go along with a 28.8 percent strikeout rate...His 124 total hits allowed were the fewest among all qualifying KBO starters.

2023

Signed a Minor League deal with PHI on Feb. 9 and made just one relief outing, striking out one in a scoreless inning of work...Released by PHI on April 19 before signing a minor league deal with SEA on June 3…in 18 starts for Triple–A, he registered a 4-6 record and 4.58 ERA with 85 strikeouts across 88.1 IP...Elected free agency following the season on Nov. 6…signed a 1-year contract with the NC Dinos on Dec. 19, 2023.

2022

 In his final season with the Red Sox organization, began the 2022 season with Triple-A Worcester, then was assigned to Double-A Portland on May 16…spent the majority of the season with Portland before assigned back to Worcester on Sept. 15, finishing the season with two starts for Worcester...Between both stops, he made 24 appearances between WOR and POR , accumulating a 7-3 record and 5.25 ERA (48 ER, 82.1 IP) with 74 strikeouts in 82.1 innings pitched...On COVID-related IL from May 22-June 3...In his penultimate outing on Sept. 20, tossed the 5th and final complete game of his career, with 6.0 innings of two-run ball.

2021

Spent all of 2021 with Triple-A Worcester, where he went 6-9 with a 4.22 ERA (50 ER, 106.2 IP) across 23 appearances (20 starts) and 90 strikeouts against 47 walks...Threw a 7.0-inning complete game on July 14, 2021at Scranton Wilkes-Barre.

2020

Was one of six Red Sox to make a ML debut in 2020...Entered 2020 ranked by Baseball America as the Red Sox’ No. 29 prospect...Began the season in Pawtucket at the Red Sox’ Alternate Training Site...Recalled by BOS on 8/13 and made his ML debut that day against the Rays at Fenway Park (L, 2.0 IP, 7 R/5 ER). Received a no-decision in his next two starts on 8/19 vs. PHI (3.2 IP, 2 R) and 8/25 at TOR (3.1 IP, 6 R), both Sox wins...His fourth and final appearance of the season came in relief on 9/1 vs. ATL (2.0 IP, 6 R). Placed on the 10-day injured list on 9/2 with a left hip impingement...Transferred to the 45-day IL on 9/15.

2019

Split the season between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket...Led Pawtucket in wins (9). Led Sox minor leaguers in wins (12), innings (156.0), and complete games (2), and ranked 2nd in strikeouts (140). Tossed at least 6.0 innings in 18 of his 27 outings, including at least 7.0 innings in 6 of them...Made 6 quality starts with Portland and 9 with Pawtucket. Held Double-A batters to a .199 AVG (39-for-196). Made his season debut on 4/4 with Portland vs. Reading and recorded a career-high 11 SO with 0 BB...Threw a 6.0-inning complete game in his next start on 4/13 at Trenton (2 H, R, BB , 9 SO). Promoted to Pawtucket on 5/28 and threw a 9.0-inning shutout in his Triple-A debut on 5/30 vs. Lehigh Valley (5 H, 8 SO, 0 BB). Posted a 2.91 ERA (11 ER/34.0 IP) over a six-start span with the PawSox from 6/14-7/15. Made 3 consecutive quality starts with Pawtucket from 8/16-26.