About Shane McClanahan
Shane Peter McClanahan (born April 28, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2020 and was an All-Star in 2022 and 2023. == Early life == McClanahan was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and lived there until age five. He grew up a fan of the Baltimore Orioles and idolized Cal Ripken Jr.; his number 18 jersey with the Rays is in honor of Ripken's number 8. He attended Cape Coral High School in Cape Coral, Florida. McClanahan went from throwing 82–84 miles per hour (132–135 km/h) in his junior year to throwing in the low 90s after hitting a growth spurt, which brought him from 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) to 6 feet (1.83 m) between his junior and senior year. During his high school career he had 29–7 win–loss record with a 1.02 earned run average (ERA) and 187 strikeouts in 123 innings pitched. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 26th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. He did not sign with the Mets and attended the University of South Florida (USF) for the South Florida Bulls. == College career == McClanahan did not play his freshman year at USF in 2016, after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
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