The Milwaukee Brewers have designated former Hopkinsville High School pitcher Easton McGee for assignment.
According to a report on NBC.com, McGee, the Brewers made the move on Friday ahead of the weekend series with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The 6-foot-7 right-hander pitched two scoreless innings with the Brewers this year and has a career 3.08 MLB ERA in 13 games but has been roughed up in Nashville to the tune of a 5.62 ERA in 41 2/3 innings with a 1.58 WHIP.
The 28-year-old was already in the minors, so this is a procedural move to free up a 40-man spot for Bryse Wilson.
When a player is designated for assignment, a team has seven days to either trade the player, release the player as a free agent, assign them outright to the minors, or that player can be claimed on waivers and added to another team’s 40-man roster and then sent to their minor league system.
McGee committed to the University of Kentucky but was selected in the fourth round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays. He made his MLB debut with the Rays in 2022, tossing three innings of scoreless baseball.
He was designated for assignment by the Rays and picked up by the Boston Red Sox, who dealt him to the Seattle Mariners. In April of 2023, McGee pitched 6 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball against the Toronto Blue Jays. The next day, he was diagnosed with an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery.
He became a free agent at the end of the 2023 season and was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers. Last season, he made nine appearances for the Brewers while going back-and-forth to Nashville, Milwaukee’s Triple-A affiliate.
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