Jack Neely
| Jack Neely | |
|---|---|
| File:Jack Neely (54572998421) (cropped).jpg Neely with the Iowa Cubs in 2025 | |
| Chicago Cubs – No. 47 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: June 5, 2000 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 21, 2024, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 0–0 |
| Earned run average | 9.00 |
| Strikeouts | 7 |
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| Teams | |
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Jack Preston Neely (born June 5, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
Career
[edit | edit source]Amateur career
[edit | edit source]Neely attended Winston Churchill High School in San Antonio, Texas and played college baseball at the University of Texas at Austin, Iowa Western Community College and Ohio State University.[1]
New York Yankees
[edit | edit source]The New York Yankees selected Neely in the 11th round, with the 333rd overall pick, of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.[2] Neely signed with the Yankees and made his professional debut with the Single–A Tampa Tarpons.
Neely split the 2022 season between Tampa and the High–A Hudson Valley Renegades, accumulating a 3.58 ERA with 87 strikeouts and 7 saves across 38 relief outings.[3] In 2023, Neely played with Hudson Valley and the Double–A Somerset Patriots, registering a combined 6–5 record and 2.17 ERA with 100 strikeouts and 7 saves over 42 games out of the bullpen.[4] Neely began the 2024 campaign with Somerset, and was promoted to the Triple–A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in June.
Chicago Cubs
[edit | edit source]On July 30, 2024, the Yankees traded Neely and Ben Cowles to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for pitcher Mark Leiter Jr.[5] He made six scoreless appearances for the Triple–A Iowa Cubs, striking out 13 batters and recording three saves. On August 20, Neely was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[6] In 6 games for the Cubs during his rookie campaign, he struggled to a 9.00 ERA with 7 strikeouts over 6 innings of work.
Neely was optioned to Triple-A Iowa to begin the 2025 season.[7]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from MLB · ESPN · Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from San Antonio
- Chicago Cubs players
- Hudson Valley Renegades players
- Iowa Cubs players
- Iowa Western Reivers baseball players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Ohio State Buckeyes baseball players
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players
- Somerset Patriots players
- Tampa Tarpons players
- Texas Longhorns baseball players
- Victoria HarbourCats players
- 21st-century American sportsmen