DECK MCGUIRE RUMORS & GOSSIP

Manchester, N.H- Deck McGuire has only pitched in two games this season for New Hampshire, but this Wednesday night’s start needs to be a turning point for the young right-hander. With an 0-2 record and an ERA soaring at 9.90, McGuire has to start performing at a higher level if he wants to prove to the Blue Jays that he is worth the 11th overall draft pick they spent on him in 2010.

With just two weeks left of spring training, the Toronto Blue Jays continued to trim down their roster, cutting a quintet of players today, including top prospects Deck McGuire and catcher Travis d’Arnaud. That the reigning Eastern League MVP was optioned to minor league camp comes as no surprise to anyone, of course, but it does give us an opportunity to ponder just how close...

Final: Blue Jays 8, Pirates 6 WP: Deck McGuire (1-0, 0.00 ERA) LP: Jeff Locke (0-1, 13.50 ERA) SV: Robert Coello (1, 9.00 ERA) This game is a perfect example why winning or losing Spring Training games do not matter. The Bucs lost this one, but there are a lot of really good things to take out of it. Pedro Alvarez, after starting off the spring 0 for 5, went 2 for 3 with an opposite...

Deck McGuire did it. So did Jed Bradley. So did Mark Pope. What is it they all have in common?If you're thinking all three were star pitchers at Georgia Tech who got drafted and are now playing professionally, you'd be right, but they share something else.

Deck McGuire did it. So did Jed Bradley. So did Mark Pope. What is it they all have in common?If you're thinking all three were star pitchers at Georgia Tech who got drafted and are now playing professionally, you'd be right, but they share something else.

Deck McGuire, last year's first round pick, had a very good professional debut season in 2011. He went a combined 9-5 with a 3.02 ERA and nearly struck out a batter per inning pitched between high-A Dunedin and Double-A New Hampshire. He did all of that without a truly effective curveball too. An oblique injury towards the tail end of the year forced him to focus on the curve at Instructs.