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Brendan Joel McKay (born December 18, 1995) is an American baseball pitcher and first baseman in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He played college baseball at the University of Louisville.
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- Amateur career
- Professional career
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Amateur career
McKay attended Blackhawk High School in Chippewa, Pennsylvania. As a senior, he had a 72 1⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings streak. Overall, he was 8–1 with a 0.56 earned run average (ERA) and 130 strikeouts. McKay was named the Pennsylvania Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year both his junior and senior season. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 34th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and attended the University of Louisville to play college baseball.
McKay was a two-way player at Louisville as a freshman in 2015, pitching and playing first base. McKay pitched in 20 games, making 13 starts. He went 9–3 with a 1.77 ERA, 117 strikeouts and four saves. In 61 games as a first baseman, he hit .308/.418/.431 with four home runs and 34 runs batted in (RBI). Due to his two-way success, he won the John Olerud Award. McKay was also named the Baseball America Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore, McKay again won the John Olerud Award. As a pitcher, he went 12–4 with a 2.30 ERA and 128 strikeouts and hit .333/.414/.513 with six home runs and 41 RBI as a hitter.
McKay won numerous awards as a junior in 2017. He won the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy and was named the Player of the Year by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Baseball America. He also won the John Olerud Award for the third consecutive season and was named the ACC Baseball Player of the year.
Professional career
McKay was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the first round (4th overall) of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, and signed. It was announced that McKay's signing bonus with the Rays for more than 7 million, the second largest such signing since constraints were placed on the Draft in 2012 (Hunter Greene). The Rays announced that they intended for McKay to both hit and pitch in the minors. He made his pro debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades. In the 2017 MLB.com midseason prospect update, McKay ranked as the 3rd best prospect in the Tampa Bay Rays farm system (Brent Honeywell, Willy Adames) and the 23rd best prospect nationally.
