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Michael McGreevy

Michael McGreevy

American baseball player


Michael Steven McGreevy (born July 8, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

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Amateur career

McGreevy grew up in San Clemente, California, and attended San Clemente High School.[1] In 2018, his senior year, he pitched to a 2.20 ERA.[2]

Undrafted out of high school, McGreevy enrolled at UC Santa Barbara where he pitched in 29 games as a reliever during his freshman season, posting a 5–1 record with six saves and was named first team All-Big West Conference and a freshman All-American by Baseball America.[3] As a sophomore, he went 2–0 with a 0.99 ERA in four starts before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4][5] During his junior season, McGreevy became a first round prospect for the upcoming Major League Baseball draft.[6][7] He finished his junior season with a 9–2 record, a 2.92 ERA and 115 strikeouts against 11 walks over 101+23 innings.[8]

Professional career

McGreevy was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round with the 18th overall selection in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[9] He signed with the Cardinals on July 16, 2021, for a $2.75 million bonus.[10] McGreevy was assigned to the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Cardinals to start his professional career.[11] After two games, he was promoted to the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Low-A Southeast.[12] He pitched six innings with Palm Beach, giving up six runs and ten hits over six innings.

McGreevy was assigned to the Peoria Chiefs of the High-A Midwest League to begin the 2022 season.[13] After eight starts in which he went 3-1 with a 2.58 ERA over 45+13 innings, he was promoted to the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A Texas League.[14]


References

  1. "San Clemente High counts on returning seniors to give Tritons the edge in competitive South Coast League". March 19, 2018.
  2. "Michael McGreevy". UC Santa Barbara.
  3. "Michael McGreevy rising up draft boards". Baseball Prospect Journal. May 21, 2021.
  4. Hummel, Rick (11 July 2021). "Cardinals draft Santa Barbara pitcher McGreevy in first round". STLtoday.com.
  5. Silver, Zachary (July 16, 2021). "Top pick McGreevy signs with Cards". MLB.com. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  6. Rains, Rob (August 19, 2021). "Brewers rally late, knock off Cardinals 6-4 in 10 innings". KSDK.com. Retrieved August 24, 2021.

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