The Tampa Bay Rays were hoping that at some point that left-hander Brendan McKay could be available to pitch for the club, but that possibility has seemingly disappeared.
Manager Kevin Cash said Wednesday that McKay, who had been pitching with Double-A Montgomery after finishing his rehab assignment coming back from shoulder surgery in 2020, is now sidelined with an elbow injury.
Cash said the 25-year-old, who was drafted fourth overall by the Rays out of Louisville in 2017, received an injection of platelet-rich plasma in his left elbow, and would be shut down from throwing for 2-3 weeks, likely ended his 2021 campaign.
McKay had been 0-2 with a 12.86 ERA in three starts with the Biscuits.
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
