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• Thursday Rockpile: Could the Rockies handle a two-way prospect?Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 25, 2024 The 2023 MLB draft is already shaping up to be a historic class. Top overall selection Paul Skenes is wrecking the Triple-A ranks for the Pittsburgh Pirates to start his professional career and fourth selection Wyatt Langford cracked the Opening Day roster of the defending ...2024Click for news about Colorado Rockies rumors -
• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: April introductionTristan Peters | Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Catching up on how the teams and prospects are fairing in the Rays farm system Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off. This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are now four weeks into the 2024 campaign an...2024See more Tristan Peters headline news -
• Tampa Bay Rays sign RHP Jake Odorizzi to a minor league dealPhoto by Ben Ludeman/Texas Rangers/Getty Images With a spot opening up in the rotation, Odorizzi has a shot at making the Rays Opening Day roster The Tampa Bay Rays have signed veteran hurler and former Ray, RHP Jake Odorizzi, to a minor league deal. Odorizzi, who will turn 34 in just a few weeks, returns to the Rays for his 12th season in the big leagues, after a well paid jaunt across th...2024See more articles Jake Odorizzi news today -
• Naoyuki Uwasawa wants to stick with the RaysNathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports But his contract has a March 23 opt-out, so we’ll see if he remains with the organization Perhaps the most interesting non-roster invitees in Port Charlotte this spring is right-handed pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa out of Japan, and he really wants to pitch for the Rays. Unfortunately, the 30-year old is unlikely to have a spot given how many are ahead of him ...2024See more articles Naoyuki Uwasawa -
• Rays announce 2024 Spring Training InviteesBrendan McKay #49 of the Tampa Bay Rays looks on from the dugout during a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Tropicana Field on April 09, 2022 in St Petersburg, Florida. | Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Tampa Bay Rays announced today that 32 players on minor league contracts have been invited to major league spring training in 2024. The following is a positional list of the no...2024Read about Spring Training latest news -
• Rays Roundtable: Free Agent Starting PitcherJakob Junis | Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports Looking for one more arm to round out the depth chart. The Tampa Bay Rays have made two major additions and one significant subtraction from the starting pitching depth chart this off-season, trading Tyler Glasnow to the Dodgers, receiving Ryan Pepiot in return, and adding NPB RHP Naoyuki Uwasawa on a minor league deal that would pay up to $3.5 mi...2024Read about Starting Pitcher
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Brendan McKay injury and suspension
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• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: April introduction
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• Tampa Bay Rays sign RHP Jake Odorizzi to a minor league deal
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• Rays Release Brendan McKay, Hopeful Of Re-Signing Him To Minor League Deal
The Rays have released left-hander Brendan McKay, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. The former fourth overall pick was outrighted off Tampa Bay’s 40-man roster last week. McKay has had an unfathomable stretch of injury luck that has sidetracked what looked to be a very promising career. A two-way superstar in college, McKay increasingly…...2022Read about Marc Topkin availability report
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• Brendan McKay To Undergo Tommy John Surgery
Rays southpaw Brendan McKay will undergo Tommy John surgery next week, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (Twitter link). He’s expected to miss the entire 2023 campaign. It’s the latest in a staggering series of significant injuries for the former #4 overall pick. McKay hasn’t thrown a single major league pitch since 2019, as…...2022See more articles John Surgery
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• Brendan McKay Suffers UCL Injury
Rays left-hander Brendan McKay suffered an injury to the UCL in his throwing elbow, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (Twitter link). McKay, who suffered the injury on the first pitch of yesterday’s appearance with Triple-A Durham, will go for a second opinion. Topkin notes that the team isn’t yet sure whether he’ll require…...2022See also Marc Topkin injuries
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• Brendan McKay Undergoes Thoracic Outlet Surgery
Rays two-way player Brendan McKay underwent thoracic outlet syndrome decompression surgery yesterday, the team informed reporters (including Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times). He’s expected to begin throwing in early February, and the team remains hopeful he can be ready for mound work by the start of Spring Training. The club added that the focus of…...2021Visit the page Marc Topkin availability report
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• Rays’ Brendan McKay Likely To Miss Rest Of The Season
Rays’ two-way player Brendan McKay recently suffered an elbow injury, manager Kevin Cash tells reporters (including Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times). He has received a platelet-rich plasma injection and will be shut down from throwing for two to three weeks. With only a little more than five weeks remaining in the regular season, it…...2021Continue with Kevin Cash injury status
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• Twins' Byron Buxton cracks tooth eating steak in latest weird injury of 2021 MLB spring training
Buxton joins Brendan McKay of the Tampa Bay Rays and Spencer Torkelson of the Detroit Tigers as players who have had to deal with injuries coming from strange reasons...2021Click for news about Byron Buxton injuries
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• Report: Rays sign Michael Wacha to one-year, $3 million dealTampa Bay's signing of the 29-year-old veteran was important following the departure of Morton to the Atlanta Braves and the injuries of Yonny Chirinos, Brendan McKay and Jalen Beeks....2020See also Michael Wacha availability report
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"The conversion to one side or the other of the profile full-time is extremely common for prospects of this pedigree with relatively recent high-picks Hunter Greene of the Cincinnati Reds (second overall 2017) and Tampa Bay’s Brendan McKay (fourth in 2017) moving to the mound full-time quickly after joining the professional ranks." - 2023
"While there are special cases like Paul Skenes and Brendan McKay, most two-way guys function as an everyday position player and a reliever on the side." - 2022
"The Rays have released left-hander Brendan McKay, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times." - 2021
"Rays’ two-way player Brendan McKay recently suffered an elbow injury, manager Kevin Cash tells reporters (including Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times)." - 2020
"Outfielder Randy Arozarena, right-hander Trevor Richards, left-hander Anthony Banda, infielders Nate Lowe and Mike Brosseau, first baseman/outfielder Brian O’Grady and two-way player Brendan McKay are were all optioned to Triple-A." - 2019
"Bruce is a high-profile loss for Apex, although the firm still retains a number of notable, high-end clients — Blake Snell, Max Kepler, Blake Treinen, Mitch Haniger and Brendan McKay among them." - 2018
"Brendan McKay, and his unique situation as a hybrid player who can pitch and hit, can be confusing at times." - 2017
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• Thursday Rockpile: Could the Rockies handle a two-way prospect?
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• Tampa Bay Rays sign RHP Jake Odorizzi to a minor league deal
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• Naoyuki Uwasawa wants to stick with the Rays
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• Rays announce 2024 Spring Training Invitees
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• Rays Roundtable: Free Agent Starting Pitcher
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• Nate Eaton: two-way superstar
Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports Well, superstar may be a bit of a stretch Nate Eaton has had a rough 2023 on the diamond. After impressing in a small sample in 2022 with a league-average batting line paired with strong outfield defense, the regression monster has arrived. Eaton has reached base just once in 19 trips to the plate and has walked back to the dugout bat-in-hand in ten of t...2023See more articles Nate Eaton trade rumors
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• Rays, Brendan McKay Agree To Two-Year Minor League Deal
The Rays are in agreement with left-hander Brendan McKay on a two-year minor league contract, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (Twitter link). Tampa Bay has also agreed to traditional one-year minor league deals with catcher Nick Dini and reliever Colten Brewer. McKay is a former fourth overall pick who has spent his entire career with…...2022Click for news about Marc Topkin contract
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• Rays' Brendan McKay, baseball's next two-way star, is currently dominating the minors
The Rays selected McKay with the No. 4 pick in last year's amateur draft...2018
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• McKay succeeding so far in two-way experiment
When the Rays drafted Brendan McKay, he was announced as a first baseman. It was always thought the two-way star from Louisville would need to focus on one craft eventually and it sounded like Tampa Bay wanted him to hone his hitting skills long-term....2017
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• Two-ways are better than one: McKay, Greene offer versatility
This week on the MLBPipeline Podcast, host Tim McMaster and resident prospect gurus Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo talk about Rays No. 3 prospect Brendan McKay and Reds No. 2 prospect Hunter Greene. The following is a transcript of a segment from this week's episode of the Pipeline Podcast....2017See also Jim Callis contract rumors
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• The next Clayton Kershaw or the next Bryce Harper? Brendan McKay wants to be both
The next Clayton Kershaw or the next Bryce Harper? Brendan McKay wants to be both...2017Check it out Clayton Kershaw
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• Rays Release Brendan McKay, Hopeful Of Re-Signing Him To Minor League Deal
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• Brendan McKay To Undergo Tommy John Surgery
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• Rays To Sign Brendan McKay
The Rays have agreed to a $7,007,500 signing bonus with No. 4 overall pick Brendan McKay, reports ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick (via Twitter). The bonus is the largest ever given to a player under the current set of draft rules, narrowly topping the flat $7MM signing bonus that Kyle Wright received from the Braves earlier this…...2017Read about Jerry Crasnick
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• Brendan McKay Suffers UCL Injury
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• Rays, Brendan McKay Agree To Two-Year Minor League Deal
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• Greene, McKay among top two-way players in Draft history
While Dave Winfield and Brendan McKay stand out as the best two-way prospects of the Draft era, there have been plenty of notable dual performers. Here are 10 more who were possible first-round picks as either a hitter or pitcher....2017Visit the page Dave Winfield
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• Rays’ Brendan McKay Likely To Miss Rest Of The Season
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• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: April introduction
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• Tampa Bay Rays sign RHP Jake Odorizzi to a minor league deal
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• Naoyuki Uwasawa wants to stick with the Rays
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• Rays announce 2024 Spring Training Invitees
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• Rays Roundtable: Free Agent Starting Pitcher
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• Twins' Byron Buxton cracks tooth eating steak in latest weird injury of 2021 MLB spring training
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• Rays Reinstate Brendan McKay From IL, Designate Anthony Banda
The Rays have reinstated Brendan McKay from the injured list and sent him to the team’s alternate training site. Left-hander Anthony Banda has been designated for assignment to create a 40-man roster spot. McKay is out for the rest of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery, but the Rays had to officially bring him back…...2020Visit the page Anthony Banda
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• Rays Shut Down Brendan McKay
The Rays have shut down young left-hander Brendan McKay on account of tightness in his pitching shoulder, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times relays. The two-way player had been working back from a positive COVID-19 test at the Rays’ alternate training site before the team had to shelve him again. There’s no word on…...2020Visit the page Marc Topkin
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• Rays option former first-rounder Brendan McKay, six others
The Rays cut seven players from their 26-man roster Thursday, as per a team announcement. Outfielder Randy Arozarena, right-hander Trevor Richards, left-hander Anthony Banda, infielders Nate Lowe and Mike Brosseau, first baseman/outfielder Brian O’Grady and two-way player Brendan McKay are were all optioned to Triple-A. Given how the Rays so often shuttle players from Triple-A and the big leagues...2020Visit the page Randy Arozarena
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