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Offline welch

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Follow the prospects: Jack McGeary, LHP
« Topic Start: March 24, 2011, 10:00:42 PM »
The more I think about it, the more respect and appreciation I have for Jack McGeary, the 6th round/1st round quality pitcher the Nats drafted in 2007, and who went to Stanford while pitching in the minors each summer. I'd lost track of him...so, here he is, and I hope he makes it. (And, at the time, thought that the Nats organization made a smart and a classy decision.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/mlb/stanford-degree-in-hand-jack-mcgeary-can-focus-on-baseball/2011/03/24/ABbT9CQB_story.html

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #1: March 24, 2011, 10:17:14 PM »
The more I think about it, the more respect and appreciation I have for Jack McGeary, the 6th round/1st round quality pitcher the Nats drafted in 2007, and who went to Stanford while pitching in the minors each summer. I'd lost track of him...so, here he is, and I hope he makes it. (And, at the time, thought that the Nats organization made a smart and a classy decision.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/mlb/stanford-degree-in-hand-jack-mcgeary-can-focus-on-baseball/2011/03/24/ABbT9CQB_story.html

I want to know how he got into Stanford with a 3.5 GPA. 

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #2: March 24, 2011, 10:17:50 PM »
I want to know how he got into Stanford with a 3.5 GPA. 

Baseball + legacy

Offline JMUalumni

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #3: March 24, 2011, 10:23:20 PM »
I've seen him pitch twice. He has a good fastball and an excellent curveball, but both times I saw him his control and command were piss poor.  He underwent TJ surgery last June and probably will not be near game shape until midway through the minor league season at the earliest.  I really hope things come together for him, because he still has some good potential.

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #4: March 24, 2011, 10:53:02 PM »
I want to know how he got into Stanford with a 3.5 GPA. 
Not all 3.5's are equal.

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #5: March 25, 2011, 04:31:36 AM »
I want to know how he got into Stanford with a 3.5 GPA. 

He went to Roxbury Latin.

Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #6: March 25, 2011, 10:54:39 PM »
Coaches have been raving about him in Minors Camp lately. He is only throwing at 75%, but they have been working with him on his stance and he has them quite excited.

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #7: March 26, 2011, 04:22:22 PM »
Not all 3.5's are equal.
3.50 righty -- admission denied.
3.50 lefty -- welcome to Stanford

Offline epic_phalanx

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #8: March 27, 2011, 11:36:23 AM »
3.50 righty -- admission denied.
3.50 lefty -- welcome to Stanford

More like:

3.5 on standard curriculum = denied.
3.5 with half AP classes or accelerated curriculum + baseball = Stanford.

Offline DPMOmaha

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #9: March 27, 2011, 11:46:38 AM »
More like:

3.5 on standard curriculum = denied.
3.5 with half AP classes at an elite high school + baseball = Stanford.
fixed

Offline epic_phalanx

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #10: March 27, 2011, 12:04:17 PM »
fixed

That's what I meant to say, thank you.

Offline PatsNats28

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #11: March 27, 2011, 01:42:03 PM »
He went to Roxbury Latin.

This... one of the top schools in Boston. I was wait listed there, I remember being pissed because one of the kids in my class got in because his grandfather donated a ton of money.

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #12: March 27, 2011, 05:14:59 PM »
This... one of the top schools in Boston. I was wait listed there, I remember being pissed because one of the kids in my class got in because his grandfather donated a ton of money.
That whole bribe thing works better at tight budgeted prep schools . . .

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #13: April 02, 2011, 09:19:35 PM »
I was impressed that McG majored in classics and wrote his senior paper on Plato's Symposium. I'll guess that means he has become fluent in classic Greek. Equally impressed that "McGeary took 20 units per quarter, the heaviest course load Stanford allows, in order to finish on time."

That is serious brain-work.

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #14: April 21, 2011, 11:11:07 PM »
He made a smart choice to go to Stanford and play also. Don't know what he can do with B.A. in Classics, but crap, he went to Stanford, what can't he do?

And after re-reading I realize that this is a guy who is athletic enough to play pro baseball and smart enough to go to Stanford and study Classics....

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #15: April 21, 2011, 11:11:48 PM »
I'll guess that means he has become fluent in classic Greek.
Doubt they expect him to know the language at the undergrad level.

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #16: June 29, 2011, 01:12:50 AM »
Does anyone know where this kid is? i thought he started throwing?

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #17: June 29, 2011, 09:49:12 PM »
Does anyone know where this kid is? i thought he started throwing?

He's at Hagerstown, starting: 4 wins, 1 loss, but fairly high ERA. See

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mcgear001jac

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #18: June 29, 2011, 10:23:33 PM »
He's at Hagerstown, starting: 4 wins, 1 loss, but fairly high ERA. See

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mcgear001jac

thats 2010, he hasnt pitched all year because he had Tommy john like last year and still no news on him.. He was highly regarded.

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #19: June 30, 2011, 07:15:26 AM »
thats 2010, he hasnt pitched all year because he had Tommy john like last year and still no news on him.. He was highly regarded.

Yep. I was reading too fast...and still fuming from the 1 -0 loss to the "halos".

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #20: June 30, 2011, 05:04:35 PM »
Is Mcgreary the guest in this forum right now? We'll never know..

Offline kirubel94

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #21: July 08, 2011, 10:56:13 PM »
Asked Byron Kerr where Mcgeary is .he said
"Jack McGeary is rehabbing in Florida at Nats facility. pace of recovery from TJ a lil slower, but is making progress"

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #22: July 31, 2011, 02:22:26 PM »
2IP, 1R, 2H, 1BB, 1K  in his first game back for the GCL Nats today.


Offline kirubel94

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #23: July 31, 2011, 02:22:58 PM »
Hes Back!

Offline RD

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Re: I like McGeary
« Reply #24: July 31, 2011, 03:20:04 PM »
Glad to see him back.

Hopefully he can get on track next season and live up to the high hopes we all had for him when he was drafted.