The Royals added another arm on Tuesday, bringing in right-handed pitcher Easton McGee from the Brewers for cash considerations and sending him to Triple-A Omaha.
Milwaukee had designated McGee for assignment last week, and Kansas City opened a spot for him on the 40-man roster by transferring right-hander Nick Mears to the 60-day Injured List.
McGee, 28, had two separate big league stints with the Brewers this season, first from April 10-17 and again from May 1-3. Across those two call-ups, he worked in 2 games and threw 2.0 scoreless innings with 1 strikeout.
Most of his 2025 work came at Triple-A Nashville, where he made 25 appearances, including 4 starts. There, he posted a 5.62 ERA with 26 earned runs in 41.2 innings and struck out 43 batters, good for a 22.5 K%.
Over the full 2025 season, McGee has gone 9-2 with a 4.53 ERA in 89.1 innings for Nashville, allowing opponents to hit .239 against him.
His major league track record is still small, but it has been effective. McGee debuted with the Rays in 2022 and has 13 career appearances, including 1 start, with a 3.08 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 26.1 innings. This year with Milwaukee, he set a career high with 9 appearances, and 5 of them were scoreless.
McGee’s path has already taken him through plenty of organizations. The Rays drafted him in the fourth round in 2016 out of Hopkinsville High School in Kentucky.
He made his MLB debut with Tampa Bay on Oct. 2, 2022, was claimed by Boston three days later, then traded to Seattle a month after that. He later signed with Milwaukee as a free agent in November 2023, and Kansas City is now his fifth organization.
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