Rays two-way prospect Brendan McKay has arrived, one week before what would have been his biggest spotlight yet at the MLB Futures Game.
Instead, the Rays battled out an 18-inning win in Minnesota that forced one of last weekend’s starting pitchers to throw three innings two days earlier, meaning there was one option for the Rays.
Brendan McKay made his major league debut last Saturday, and took a perfect game into the sixth inning.
Now, instead of appearing in the Futures Game, the future is now for Brendan McKay.
The Debut
If there is key observation to be made it’s that McKay was pretty close to exactly what we expected.