Kinney was born on March 31, 1979, in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. He attended Port Allegany High School and played High School baseball co-op with Oswayo Valley School. and went to college at Quincy University. He resides in Springfield, Missouri, with his wife, Jorni. His half brother, Derek, is a young actor and musician. His older brother, Colby was a TACP/JTAC in the Air Force.\n', '

Kinney signed as a free agent with the River City Rascals of the independent Frontier League on June 1, 2001. Two weeks later, the St. Louis Cardinals purchased his contract from River City and assigned to Short-Season A New Jersey Cardinals in the New York–Penn League. He was later promoted to the Single-A Peoria Chiefs, which was then a Cardinals affiliate in the Midwest League, where he made 27 appearances.\n', '

In 2002, Kinney was promoted to the Single-A Advanced Potomac Cannons in the Carolina League, where he had a 2.29 earned run average (ERA) in 44 appearances. For the start of 2003 season, Kinney remained at Single-A Advanced level but St. Louis disaffiliated with the Cannons, creating instead the Palm Beach Cardinals in Florida State League. He was promoted to Tennessee Smokies, the Double-A affiliate in the Southern League. In 2003 and 2004, he bounced between Palm Beach and Tennessee. Kinney stayed at the Double-A to begin the 2005 season, but St. Louis disaffiliated with the Smokies, thus he was sent to the Springfield Cardinals for their inaugural season. He excelled in Springfield, posting a 1.29 ERA in 32 appearances. At mid-season, he was promoted to Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, where he pitched in 26 games.\n', '

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