Retirement Planners Spotlight: Deck McGuire

In the twilight of his baseball career, former Blue Wahoos pitcher Deck McGuire is chasing one more chance.
McGuire, who will turn 30 in a month, is pitching for the Samsung Lions in the Korean Baseball Organization. The Lions are located in Daegu, South Korea.
McGuire's latest start was Tuesday in South Korea where he earned his second win by working seven innings and allowing three runs with seven strikeouts. It was his second longest outing in 10 starts this season.
On April 21, McGuire threw a no-hitter against the Hanwha Eagles. The only baserunners allowed were on a walk and one hit batter. His 13 strikeouts in that game were the most in league history in a no-hitter.
McGuire, the Toronto Blue Jays No. 1 draft pick (11th overall selection) in 2010, after a sterling collegiate career at Georgia Tech, was part of the Blue Wahoos starting rotation in 2017 when they won the Southern League co-championship.
His most memorable game in Pensacola was his final one on Sept. 6, 2017 when he threw an eight-inning shutout, including a then-career high 13 strikeouts in the Blue Wahoos 2-0 win against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in Game 1 of the South Division playoffs.
McGuire described his time in Pensacola as the best stop along his career.
"I am really enjoying the ride now," he said that season. "I think that was the thing I took for granted for awhile. I started getting too much into, 'It's my job.' That is really a hard way to play this game.
"The hardest thing to do in pro ball is to convince yourself that you know who you are and be consistent with that."
The Blue Wahoos went on to produce a three-game sweep and shared the league championship that year with Chattanooga, then the Minnesota Twins affiliate.
It led McGuire to be called up Sept. 12 that season to the Cincinnati Reds, where he made his long-sought major league debut. He later made his first MLB start for the Reds that year. He was the fourth Blue Wahoos pitcher that season to reach the Reds and make their MLB debut, joining Luis Castillo, Tyler Mahle and Ariel Hernández.
Last season, he pitched for the Blue Jays and Los Angeles Angels. His MLB totals are 27 games pitched with a 1-3 record and 5.23 earned run average.
The Samsung Lions are the 15th team McGuire has pitched for during his career.
In other former Wahoo news:
Former Blue Wahoos pitcher Tony Cingrani, who was part of the team's inaugural season in 2012, is nearing a return to the major leagues.
Cingrani has pitched four innings in relief in a rehab assignment for the Oklahoma City Dodgers, the L.A. Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate. He began is rehab May 4 in low-A.
Cingrani missed most of the 2018 season with the Dodgers due to a shoulder injury. He was acquired in 2017 by the Dodgers from the Reds, where Cingrani made his MLB debut. He became of the Dodgers top relievers in 2017, going 19.1 innings with a 2.79 ERA and 28 strikeouts.