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from July 13, 2023

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BY ZACH CAVANAGH

As major and minor league baseball eye the second half of their seasons coming out of the All-Star break, let’s check in on the three San Clemente High School graduates in pro baseball:

Kolby Allard

Allard was finally able to make his return in an Atlanta Braves uniform late last month after a stint on the injured list to open his second tour of duty with the team that drafted him.

The 2015 Triton graduate was selected 14th overall by the Braves eight years ago and made his major league debut with the club in 2018. Allard was traded to the Texas Rangers in 2019, where he bounced between the starter’s mound and the bullpen over the next four seasons.

The 25-year-old left-hander was traded back to the Braves last November, but he suffered a grade 2 oblique strain in spring training. Allard began the season on the 60-day injured list and eventually opened the year on a rehab assignment with the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers.

Allard made two starts in Gwinnett with two runs allowed on six hits in 6 2/3 innings with eight strikeouts and two walks. He was then activated off the injured list by the Braves on June 28 and started that night in Atlanta, allowing no runs on three hits with eight strikeouts in just 4 2/3 innings.

Allard started again on July 4 in Cleveland with a five-inning outing, allowing three runs on four hits, including a home run in the sixth inning to end his night. His next appearance came out of the bullpen on Sunday, July 9, at Tampa Bay, where he allowed two runs on two hits in one inning.

Andre Pallante

After spending all of the 2022 season in the majors with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pallante had an early dip back into the minors in 2023.

The 2016 Triton graduate opened the season on the big-league roster for the Cardinals and made three solid relief outings in the first week of the season. However, his ERA slowly began to climb as his cut fastball reportedly began missing the mark, and he was sent to the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds with a 7.56 ERA on April 18.

The 24-year-old right-hander made five appearances in Memphis with a 2.79 ERA over 9 2/3 innings to earn his call-up to the St. Louis bullpen on May 9. Pallante went on to post a 1.59 ERA in May over nine appearances in 11 1/3 innings.

Pallante now sits at a 4.60 ERA overall over 30 major-league appearances this season.

Pallante was selected in the fourth round of the MLB Draft out of UC Irvine by the Cardinals in 2019.

Michael

McGreevy

In his third minor-league season in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, McGreevy has already jumped up to Triple-A with the Memphis Redbirds.

The 2018 Triton graduate made just three starts with a 1.45 ERA with the Double-A Springfield Cardinals before moving up to Memphis. The 23-year-old right-hander has made 13 starts in Triple-A with a 3.73 ERA, a 5-1 record and 54 strikeouts in 72 1/3 innings.

McGreevy was selected 18th overall by the Cardinals in 2021 out of UC Santa Barbara.

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