PATRICK McANANEY

3/11/86; '07 38th; Univ. of Virginia
L/L; 6-3, 185

Level	W-L-Sv	G	GS	IP	H	BB	K	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG
2005 NCAA	7-0-0	11	8	52.1	42	9	37	1.55	.223	.263	.293
2006 NCAA	5-1-1	19	7	58.0	53	11	55	2.79	.245	.285	.356
2007 NCAA	2-0-0	12	5	35.0	40	6	28	3.34	.294	.349	.375

The Pirates drafted McAnaney when he was a HS senior in 2004, but didn't sign him.  At the time he was considered a sleeper prospect as a tall LHP with some projection.  He threw a mid- to upper-80s fastball, with a curve and change.  He's had a very good three years at UVa—the slippage in 2007 resulted from a slow start as he recovered from an off-field injury.  Although Baseball America listed him among its top 200 prospects in 2004, it didn't mention him at all in 2007.  It's possible scouts concluded his stuff won't improve enough.

Several newspaper articles shortly before the signing deadline indicated that McAnaney was very close to signing with the Pirates, but their last negotiated session went very badly.  It's possible the Pirates pulled back at the last second because former GM Dave Littlefield committed all his available resources to paying Matt Morris.  Littlefield stated, after the Pirates had signed 27 draftees, that they planned to sign at least a few more.  Instead, they didn't sign any, so it seems possible that Littlefield re-directed all his resources to that one staggering blunder.  Because the Morris trade probably played a role in Littlefield's long-overdue firing, it may have been worth it.

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