Charlie Kutz brings veteran lefty depth and a comeback-story edge to Northwestern
Charlie Kutz is a 6-foot-4 graduate student left-hander at Northwestern who arrived after four seasons at Middlebury, where in the 2025 season he posted a 3.34 ERA in 35.0 innings and finished with four saves, then made his Northwestern debut in 2026 with a first strikeout against Rutgers. The appeal here is the combo: proven DIII success, a late-blooming arm, and resilience after Tommy John surgery—useful traits for a staff that needs experienced strike-throwing depth and a pitcher who’s clearly battled back the hard way.
