Red Sox Sign Australian Pitcher Daniel McGrath

by Marc Normandin on Feb 7, 2012 10:16 PM EST in News

The Red Sox have added an intriguing arm to their farm system tonight, signing 17-year-old lefty Daniel McGrath out of Australia. McGrath has been in the news for months, but made his decision to sign with the Red Sox rather than go to college in the United States.

McGrath is 6-foot-3, and pitched for the Doncaster Dragons in 2011. (The same team that broke the news of him signing with the Red Sox.) There is little in the way of information available about him right now -- Sons of Sam Horn and WEEI.com already hit the major known notes that have been repeated here -- but what we've gathered is that he's tall, left-handed, and his fastball is impressive. And he's not this Danny McGrath.

You can watch highlights of the 17-year-old McGrath punching out nine of New Zealand's hitters in the gold medal game of Oceania's tournament in the video after the jump.

We'll bring you more on McGrath as we learn about him, but, given the lack of pitchers from Boston in most everyone's top 100, adding another arm via international signings is a welcome achievement.

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MESSIAH!

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by Scott Kenny on Feb 7, 2012 10:20 PM EST reply actions

cool!

3rd starter for 2012?

by wolf9309 on Feb 7, 2012 10:26 PM EST reply actions

What is this, the 1950s?

They’ll at least wait until he’s 18. (Wait, how do I do the sarcasm box?)

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by Marc Normandin on Feb 7, 2012 10:30 PM EST up reply actions

Dude, you're a writer.

Aliens, man…

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by TheLoneDavid on Feb 7, 2012 10:43 PM EST up reply actions

Did someone say aliens?

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by Matthew Kory on Feb 7, 2012 10:48 PM EST up reply actions

I'm a writer, not an HTML genius

I need buttons that automatically do those things for me.

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by Marc Normandin on Feb 7, 2012 10:51 PM EST up reply actions

Don't worry, Marc.

We automatically assume anything you write is meant to be sarcasm.

by dsharp on Feb 7, 2012 11:09 PM EST up reply actions

Like when he says

true average is a real stat

Hah! He really gets me with that one!

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by Rogue Nine on Feb 7, 2012 11:15 PM EST up reply actions

Ugh...this guy and his true average~

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becomes:

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by Bloggy on Feb 8, 2012 3:00 PM EST up reply actions

True Average is so awesome

by Bososx13 on Feb 16, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions

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by Bososx13 on Feb 16, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions

A vision of Opening Day, 2015

Our new ace, the Australian Daniel McGrath, pitches to his batterymate, All-Star catcher and New Zealander, Te Wera Bishop.

by Jake_W on Feb 7, 2012 11:50 PM EST reply actions

Caption:

Look at those idiots at OTM! Do you think we should tell them we’re splitting Scutaro’s salary 50-50?

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 8, 2012 1:15 AM EST reply actions

OMFG! A STARTER!

I am Sandy's bitch

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by Rogue Nine on Feb 8, 2012 1:49 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

I almost used that as a tag for the post

Until I realized it won’t show up anywhere on the article

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by Marc Normandin on Feb 8, 2012 8:02 AM EST up reply actions

Australian Lefty

He will be a righty in the US.

by Norm S on Feb 8, 2012 2:21 AM EST reply actions 4 recs

How's pitching upside down going to affect his delivery?

by CelticPride on Feb 8, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions

It won't

put pitching while standing on his head will earn him much respect from Boston’s sizable breakdancing community.

"I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it."
-JD Salinger.

by TheLoneDavid on Feb 8, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions

!

I saw breakdancing in the Government Center station the other day. Of course, they were dancing during rush hour, and made it difficult to exit the train. So that was fun.

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by Marc Normandin on Feb 8, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions