2024 stats: 37 G, 130 PA, .202/ .238/ .379, .177 ISO, 71 wRC+, 56 SO, 6 BB, -0.2 fWAR
Grant McCray made his Major League debut in 2024 exactly one year after Wade Meckler did in 2023.
The coincidence of those corresponding transactions on those consecutive August 14ths is too fun to ignore. Both rookies were called up after brief stints in the minors, and both moves — not to be too flippant — could be considered as late-season shoulder shrugs. There was no substantive postseason push to make in either Augusts, the call-ups were made to patch a hole in center field while providing some valuable and inconsequential experience to intriguing prospects.