Joseph Macay McBride (born October 24, 1982) is a former Major League baseball relief pitcher.\n', '

McBride attended Screven County High School in Sylvania, Georgia, and made his mark as a power pitcher with a fastball in the low 90s. As a high school junior he led the all-state Team Georgia to victory in the annual Sunbelt Classic and was named the tournament\'s most valuable player (MVP). In his final season (2001) McBride went 11–2 and notched 161 strikeouts. The Augusta Chronicle named McBride to its all-area team every year, and considered McBride "one of the state\'s most dominant pitchers." Although McBride initially committed to the University of Georgia, which had offered him a baseball scholarship, in the end he entered the amateur draft and was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round, 24th pick overall.\n', '

The Braves gave McBride a $1.34 million signing bonus and assigned him to the Gulf Coast Braves, their Rookie-level minor league affiliate. McBride worked primarily as a starter in the Gulf Coast League, going 4–4 with a 3.76 ERA and averaging nearly 11 strikeouts per nine innings. In 2002, Atlanta promoted McBride to the Single-A Macon Braves, where went 12–8 and led the South Atlantic League with a 2.12 ERA. Promoted again in 2003 to the High-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans, McBride went 9–8 with a 2.95 ERA.\n', '

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