McGreevy

[Melville]

No thread?
Let's fix that omission.
6 innings, 3 hits, zero runs against the Dodgers.
2.52 ERA in 2026.
Now, for his career, he is 13-6 in 26 starts, with a 3.59 ERA and 1.10 WHIP.
He is the ace of the staff.

[OldRed]

No thread?
Let's fix that omission.
6 innings, 3 hits, zero runs against the Dodgers.
2.52 ERA in 2026.
Now, for his career, he is 13-6 in 26 starts, with a 3.59 ERA and 1.10 WHIP.
He is the ace of the staff.

I'm not sure he is the ace, because this team has no ace. But he does seem to know how to pitch. And there is much more to pitching than throwing a 98 MPH fastball.

[sikeston bulldog2]

No thread?
Let's fix that omission.
6 innings, 3 hits, zero runs against the Dodgers.
2.52 ERA in 2026.
Now, for his career, he is 13-6 in 26 starts, with a 3.59 ERA and 1.10 WHIP.
He is the ace of the staff.

I'm not sure he is the ace, because this team has no ace. But he does seem to know how to pitch. And there is much more to pitching than throwing a 98 MPH fastball.

I like him. He is club Ace. By attrition.

But dudes, four double plays in first five innings is not only critical to success, but speaks of many base runners. And two of the DP’s were Strong. Without those DP’s McG doesn’t see the fourth.

[OldRed]

No thread?
Let's fix that omission.
6 innings, 3 hits, zero runs against the Dodgers.
2.52 ERA in 2026.
Now, for his career, he is 13-6 in 26 starts, with a 3.59 ERA and 1.10 WHIP.
He is the ace of the staff.

I'm not sure he is the ace, because this team has no ace. But he does seem to know how to pitch. And there is much more to pitching than throwing a 98 MPH fastball.

I like him. He is club Ace. By attrition.

But dudes, four double plays in first five innings is not only critical to success, but speaks of many base runners. And two of the DP’s were Strong. Without those DP’s McG doesn’t see the fourth.

That's why the defense is so important when you have a pitcher who pitches to contact and looks for ground balls. I have always said it takes an entire team effort to win games. I also noticed last night Winn thought his double was out of the park and kind of loafed to first base. I doubt we see that again. One thing I really like about Church and others they run everything out hard to first.

[alw80]

Hes a great backend SP to have, not enough swing and miss stuff.

[ecleme22]

Not sure if anyone else sees this, but certain angles of his face remind me of a young Matt Morris.

[OldRed]

Not sure if anyone else sees this, but certain angles of his face remind me of a young Matt Morris.

I just looked at some Matt Morris pictures and yes, he does a little. Different kind of pitcher, but we can hope for similar results.

[ecleme22]

Not sure if anyone else sees this, but certain angles of his face remind me of a young Matt Morris.

I just looked at some Matt Morris pictures and yes, he does a little. Different kind of pitcher, but we can hope for similar results.

No doubt different pitchers.

I loved Matty Mo. He was super talented and had a little Joe Kelly swagger in him.

[rockondlouie]

Best starter on this start thus far, D. May could challenge him (hope I didn't just jinx him today).

All MCG does is give the team a shot at winning most starts, solid #3 w/a career 3.73 ERA/1.11 WHiP.

If his career 5.7 SO9 was just higher he'd jump to being a #2.

[bccardsfan]

Best starter on this start thus far, D. May could challenge him (hope I didn't just jinx him today).

All MCG does is give the team a shot at winning most starts, solid #3 w/a career 3.73 ERA/1.11 WHiP.

If his career 5.7 SO9 was just higher he'd jump to being a #2.

Yep, solid #2-#3 starter. Always good to have the soft tossing pitcher in the rotation so the other team sees a mix in the series. Anyway McG is a battler and doesn't seem to get rattled. Very mature for a young pitcher. Let's see if May can keep them in the game today. Dog turds have a really good lefty going today if MLB.com is correct. Let's hope most of the starters are playing for the cards, although I bet Oli goes with the mostly RH lineup. Wrobleski has about equal splits against R and L though. I would play Fermin in LF and slide Church to CF and bench Scott. Gorman will probably sit as well although Urias is completely lost at the plate lately. Maybe Saggese gets a start against the lefty, although he hasn't hit a lick either and is mediocre defensively. I would definitely let Fermin play for Scott today anyway....

[12xu]

During the GDT last night, I posted that I considered McGreevy a very smart pitcher. He reminds me of Kyle Hendricks, who also did not throw all that hard, but he seldom threw pitches over the heart of the plate. McGreevy has shown this trait also. He keeps the ball down, and on the edges of the strike zone. He also mixes up his different pitches well.

[CorneliusWolfe]

No thread?
Let's fix that omission.
6 innings, 3 hits, zero runs against the Dodgers.
2.52 ERA in 2026.
Now, for his career, he is 13-6 in 26 starts, with a 3.59 ERA and 1.10 WHIP.
He is the ace of the staff.

I'm not sure he is the ace, because this team has no ace. But he does seem to know how to pitch. And there is much more to pitching than throwing a 98 MPH fastball.

I like him. He is club Ace. By attrition.

But dudes, four double plays in first five innings is not only critical to success, but speaks of many base runners. And two of the DP’s were Strong. Without those DP’s McG doesn’t see the fourth.

That's why the defense is so important when you have a pitcher who pitches to contact and looks for ground balls. I have always said it takes an entire team effort to win games. I also noticed last night Winn thought his double was out of the park and kind of loafed to first base. I doubt we see that again. One thing I really like about Church and others they run everything out hard to first.

Agree. The move to prioritizing swing and miss on the staff was sound philosophy based on league-wide trends but it hasn’t played out that way. McGreevy and Pallante have bucked the trend.

[rockondlouie]

Best starter on this start thus far, D. May could challenge him (hope I didn't just jinx him today).

All MCG does is give the team a shot at winning most starts, solid #3 w/a career 3.73 ERA/1.11 WHiP.

If his career 5.7 SO9 was just higher he'd jump to being a #2.

Yep, solid #2-#3 starter. Always good to have the soft tossing pitcher in the rotation so the other team sees a mix in the series. Anyway McG is a battler and doesn't seem to get rattled. Very mature for a young pitcher. Let's see if May can keep them in the game today. Dog turds have a really good lefty going today if MLB.com is correct. Let's hope most of the starters are playing for the cards, although I bet Oli goes with the mostly RH lineup. Wrobleski has about equal splits against R and L though. I would play Fermin in LF and slide Church to CF and bench Scott. Gorman will probably sit as well although Urias is completely lost at the plate lately. Maybe Saggese gets a start against the lefty, although he hasn't hit a lick either and is mediocre defensively. I would definitely let Fermin play for Scott today anyway....

Big fan of McG, I can see him being here a long time.

I'd sit VSII also, maybe Gorman too but no thanks on JAGgese, he needs to be at Memphis.

[Mort Gage]

No thread?
Let's fix that omission.
6 innings, 3 hits, zero runs against the Dodgers.
2.52 ERA in 2026.
Now, for his career, he is 13-6 in 26 starts, with a 3.59 ERA and 1.10 WHIP.
He is the ace of the staff.

On this staff, yes. On a contender's staff he's a low maintenance plug and play #3. Maybe he'd play the role of a Kyle Lohse or Jeff Suppan.

[JohnnyMO]

McGreevy has been getting results and that’s all that matters, but until he either cuts down traffic on the base paths or proves for a much longer stretch of time that he can keep working around it I’m very skeptical he is more than a number 3 or 4. Reminds me of Dakota Hudson.

[Melville]

During the GDT last night, I posted that I considered McGreevy a very smart pitcher. He reminds me of Kyle Hendricks, who also did not throw all that hard, but he seldom threw pitches over the heart of the plate. McGreevy has shown this trait also. He keeps the ball down, and on the edges of the strike zone. He also mixes up his different pitches well.

Excellent comp.