Former Hoptown star McGee acquired by Royals

Less than a week after being designated for assignment by the Milwaukee Brewers, former Hopkinsville High School pitcher Easton McGee has a new home.

According to MLB.com, the 6-foot-7 right-hander, was acquired Tuesday from the Brewers by the Kansas City Royals in exchange for cash considerations. McGee was optioned to Triple-A Omaha.

McGee, who has often bounced back and forth from the Brewers to their Triple-A affiliate Nashville Sounds over the last two seasons, pitched two scoreless innings with the Brewers this year and has a career 3.08 MLB ERA in 13 games. He has been roughed up in Nashville with a 5.62 ERA in 41 2/3 innings.

McGee committed to the University of Kentucky out of high school, 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 sent 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 Brewers. Last season, he made nine appearances for the Brewers.

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