FAYETTEVILLE — Keaton McKinney once was one of the most heralded recruits ever to make it to Arkansas' campus, a right-handed pitcher with All-American credentials who turned down high six figures to play for the Razorbacks.
Four years and three surgeries later, McKinney is giving up baseball, saying he has lost passion for playing the game after undergoing a second Tommy John surgery in April.
"A couple of weeks ago I knew it was time to give it up," McKinney said. "(At the end of the season) I didn't know what I wanted to do at that point because I knew it was going to be a long road ahead again.