The Braves claimed McKirahan off waivers at the end of spring training in 2015.[6] He was placed on the team's Opening Day roster.[7] McKirahan made his major league debut on April 12, 2015, giving up a sacrifice fly in 1+2⁄3 innings against the New York Mets.[8] On April 20, 2015 McKirahan was suspended for eighty games of the 2015 season after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.[9][10] He was also fined $221,858 of his league minimum $507,500 salary.[11]
McKirahan was invited to spring training in 2016 and made one five-pitch appearance before tearing the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow.[12] The injury required another Tommy John surgery, for which McKirahan missed the season.[13]
Cincinnati Redsedit
On February 12, 2017, McKirahan was traded along with minor league pitcher Carlos Portuondo to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for second basemanBrandon Phillips.[14] He was released on March 17, 2018.
andrew, mckirahan, andrew, david, mckirahan, born, february, 1990, american, former, professional, baseball, pitcher, played, major, league, baseball, atlanta, braves, mckirahan, with, atlanta, bravespitcherborn, 1990, february, 1990, georgetown, texas, batted. Andrew David McKirahan born February 8 1990 is an American former professional baseball pitcher He played in Major League Baseball MLB for the Atlanta Braves Andrew McKirahanMcKirahan with the Atlanta BravesPitcherBorn 1990 02 08 February 8 1990 age 33 Georgetown Texas U S Batted RightThrew LeftMLB debutApril 12 2015 for the Atlanta BravesLast MLB appearanceSeptember 25 2015 for the Atlanta BravesMLB statisticsWin loss record1 0Earned run average5 93Strikeouts22TeamsAtlanta Braves 2015 Contents 1 Career 1 1 Amateur 1 2 Chicago Cubs 1 3 Miami Marlins 1 4 Atlanta Braves 1 5 Cincinnati Reds 1 6 Sugar Land Skeeters 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksCareer editAmateur edit McKirahan graduated from Georgetown High School in 2009 1 and played college baseball at the University of Texas at Austin In 2010 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League 2 Chicago Cubs edit He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 21st round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft 3 He suffered an arm injury in 2012 that required Tommy John surgery and missed a year as a result 4 Miami Marlins edit The Miami Marlins selected McKirahan from the Cubs in the Rule 5 draft held in December 2014 5 Atlanta Braves edit The Braves claimed McKirahan off waivers at the end of spring training in 2015 6 He was placed on the team s Opening Day roster 7 McKirahan made his major league debut on April 12 2015 giving up a sacrifice fly in 1 2 3 innings against the New York Mets 8 On April 20 2015 McKirahan was suspended for eighty games of the 2015 season after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs 9 10 He was also fined 221 858 of his league minimum 507 500 salary 11 McKirahan was invited to spring training in 2016 and made one five pitch appearance before tearing the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow 12 The injury required another Tommy John surgery for which McKirahan missed the season 13 Cincinnati Reds edit On February 12 2017 McKirahan was traded along with minor league pitcher Carlos Portuondo to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for second baseman Brandon Phillips 14 He was released on March 17 2018 Sugar Land Skeeters edit On March 26 2018 McKirahan signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball He was released prior to the season on April 24 2018 See also editList of Major League Baseball players suspended for performance enhancing drugs Rule 5 draft resultsReferences edit Davis Danny May 2 2012 Georgetown long on pitching as UIL playoffs open Austin American Statesmen Retrieved April 6 2015 36 Andrew McKirahan pointstreak com Retrieved September 23 2021 Cubs draft power speed first pitchers on Day 2 MLB com Retrieved April 1 2015 Andrew McKirahan might have staying power in Marlins bullpen Miami Herald Retrieved April 1 2015 Marlins add reliever lose slugger Canha in Rule 5 Draft MLB com Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved April 1 2015 Bowman Mark March 31 2015 McKirahan claimed off waivers from Marlins MLB com Retrieved April 1 2015 Simon Andrew April 5 2015 Braves set 25 man roster for Opening Day MLB com Retrieved April 5 2015 Bowman Mark April 12 2015 Command issues spoil Jaime s outing vs Mets MLB com Retrieved April 13 2015 Braves reliever Andrew McKirahan suspended 80 games for PED violation Fox Sports Retrieved 20 April 2015 Bowman Mark April 20 2015 McKirahan receives 80 game PED suspension MLB com Retrieved April 20 2015 Braves McKirahan suspended 80 games for positive drug test ESPN com Associated Press April 20 2015 Retrieved April 20 2015 Braves LHP Andrew McKirahan elbow likely out for the year ESPN com Associated Press March 5 2016 Retrieved March 5 2016 Bowman Mark March 5 2016 McKirahan likely set for second Tommy John MLB com Retrieved March 5 2016 Braves Reds close deal for Brandon Phillips Atlanta Braves Archived from the original on 2017 08 03 Retrieved 2017 02 12 External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors Texas Longhorns bio Andrew McKirahan Jr on Twitter nbsp Andrew McKirahan on Instagram Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew McKirahan amp oldid 1172493503, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
