Power-armed Gators reliever with real strikeout juice, now on the pro path
In the 2026 season, Luke McNeillie was a key Florida bullpen arm with a career-best 3.97 ERA, 48 strikeouts, and 17 walks in 18 appearances, showing the kind of swing-and-miss stuff that plays anywhere.[6][14] He was named a Baseball America preseason All-America second-team reliever before the season, and Florida’s staff clearly trusted him in leverage spots.[8] The catch: shoulder soreness cost him nearly a month, so his value comes with some durability concern.[14] If you want a competitive, hard-throwing righty with draft pedigree and late-inning upside, he’s your guy—just don’t expect a clean bill of health every day.[4][7]
