Reese McGuire
| Reese McGuire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Catcher | |||
| Born: March 2, 1995 Covington, Washington |
|||
|
|||
Reese McGuire (born March 2, 1995) is an American professional baseball player in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He was drafted by the Pirates in the 1st round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.
Contents
Career
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s baseball | ||
Representing  United States |
||
| 18U Baseball World Championship | ||
 |
2012 Seoul | National team |
McGuire attended Kentwood High School in Covington, Washington, where he played for the school's baseball team.[1][2] He also played for the United States national baseball team in 18-and-under competitions, being named the player of the year as the United States won the International Baseball Federation 18-and-under Baseball World Championship. He won the USA Baseball Richard W. "Dick" Case Player of the Year Award in 2012.[3][4] He has committed to attend the University of San Diego, where he would play college baseball for the San Diego Toreros baseball team.[5]
McGuire was considered among the best prospects from the Pacific Northwest eligible in the 2013 MLB Draft[6][7] and was drafted 14th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[8] He received a $2.36 million signing bonus and reported to the Gulf Coast Pirates of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League.[9] He played for the West Virginia Power of the Class A South Atlantic League (SAL) in 2014, and was named a SAL All-Star. He played for the Bradenton Marauders of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League in 2015.[10][11]
The Pirates invited McGuire to spring training in 2016.[12]
Personal
McGuire's older brother, Cash, plays college baseball for Seattle University. His younger brother, Shane, a junior, currently plays for the Kentwood High School baseball team and has advanced to the 2015 Washington State Baseball Tournament.[5]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Pages with reference errors
- Use mdy dates from April 2014
- Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Washington (state)
- Baseball catchers
- People from King County, Washington
- Kentwood High School (Washington) alumni
- Gulf Coast Pirates players
- Jamestown Jammers players
- West Virginia Power players
- Bradenton Marauders players
- Altoona Curve players
