P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 8" 225 lbs | Age: 42
Draft: 2002 | Rd. 17, No. 510, Chicago White Sox | Lamar CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 2 3 4.95 10 9 0 40 44 1.38
2017 6 4 3.98 19 16 0 92.2 72 1.25
2018 6 3 4.92 15 15 0 78.2 65 1.46
13 Seasons 69 75 4.20 255 197 0 1,223.2 908 1.30
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 10 2-3 4.95 40 44 1.38
2017 19 6-4 3.98 92.2 72 1.25
2018 15 6-3 4.92 78.2 65 1.46
13 Seasons 255 69-75 4.20 1,223.2 908 1.30
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 31 367 61 8 13.1 8.5 89.9 108.4 14.2 47.5 .233 .466 .380 .316 .442 42.6 30.9 4.3 5.87 4.16
2016 32 701 99 2 2.0 1.2 87.8 109.2 14.5 32.3 .215 .316 .292 .302 .331 30.3 25.7 15.2 4.95 3.82
2017 33 1447 282 4 1.4 1.0 85.2 115.7 13.4 32.3 .254 .350 .292 .294 .327 21.3 18.8 7.0 3.98 3.68
2018 34 1215 253 20 7.9 5.9 89.2 113.7 7.5 30.8 .266 .456 .360 .332 .389 36.8 19.2 6.2 4.92 4.73
Player 3730 695 34 4.9 3.4 87.5 115.7 11.4 33.1 .250 .394 .324 .311 .361 30.1 21.3 7.9
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

McCarthy relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(37.0%) ,
Cutter
(31.5%) ,
Curveball
(23.6%) ,
Slider
(7.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.8%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 39.3 60.7 31.1 24.6 4.9 32.8 36.1 31.1 14.8 21.3 3.3 18.0 14.8 27.9
2016 35.4 64.6 22.2 32.3 10.1 35.4 33.3 31.3 18.2 11.1 6.1 17.2 22.2 25.3
2017 44.0 56.0 18.8 27.3 9.9 34.8 40.1 25.2 22.3 17.0 4.6 12.4 23.0 20.6
2018 49.0 51.0 21.7 24.9 4.3 37.2 39.5 22.9 21.7 20.9 6.3 15.4 18.6 16.6
Player 44.2 55.8 21.4 26.9 7.5 35.5 38.6 25.8 20.9 18.0 5.3 14.7 20.6 20.4
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 6.6 27.9 23.0 23.0 6.6 13.1 8.5
2016 3.0 25.3 33.3 25.3 6.1 2.0 1.2
2017 3.9 33.0 25.2 29.4 5.0 1.4 1.0
2018 2.4 40.3 20.9 22.1 4.7 7.9 5.9
Player 3.5 34.1 24.6 25.6 5.2 4.9 3.4
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2018 Sinker ATL R 449 92.5 23.8 2.0 14.6ARM 0.1 9.0 0.3 14.6ARM -0.1
2018 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 10 91.9 21.3 -4.8 9.7ARM 2.6 11.7 -4.0 9.7ARM 2.5
2018 Cutter ATL R 382 91.4 22.7 2.4 1.9ARM -4.1 10.7 2.4 1.9ARM -4.5
2018 Curveball ATL R 286 80.2 55.1 0.4 12.1GLV 5.2 -10.5 0.9 12.1GLV 2.9
2018 Slider ATL R 85 85.4 40.2 3.2 5.6GLV 1.2 -1.3 3.1 5.6GLV 0.5
2017 Sinker LAD R 309 92.9 21.6 1.7 14.1ARM -0.7 10.6 0.2 14.1ARM -1.3
2017 Changeup LAD R 37 88.6 23.9 -2.0 14.4ARM 1.0 11.6 -3.1 14.4ARM 0.8
2017 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 417 93.2 15.4 -1.3 7.3ARM -0.6 16.6 -0.5 7.3ARM -0.8
2017 Cutter LAD R 346 91.3 18.2 4.2 2.4GLV 0.5 15.1 5.8 2.4GLV 0.1
2017 Slider LAD R 21 86.5 34.5 1.6 9.1GLV 5.4 3.1 0.6 9.1GLV 4.9
2017 Curveball LAD R 311 80.2 50.2 -2.2 14.4GLV 7.9 -5.9 -2.1 14.4GLV 5.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2018 Sinker 0.4 2 449 37.0 120 .294 .440 .362 12.6 11.7 18.7 .294 .471 .356 38.8
2018 Cutter -1.2 -4 382 31.5 112 .273 .465 .365 18.4 20.5 20.7 .264 .483 .358 40.3
2018 Curveball -4.0 -11 286 23.6 76 .365 .635 .424 18.9 25.0 17.4 .237 .406 .280 32.1
2018 Slider -4.0 -3 85 7.0 29 .276 .517 .366 25.5 31.0 23.7 .229 .411 .269 20.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 6.9 1 10 0.8 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .560 .770 .575 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 3 417 28.9 130 .248 .308 .288 19.2 25.4 19.0 .242 .331 .284 22.1
2017 Cutter 1.0 3 346 24.0 86 .257 .311 .307 19.7 12.8 15.1 .264 .311 .304 12.3
2017 Curveball 0.3 1 311 21.6 68 .227 .364 .271 21.4 25.0 16.8 .250 .413 .293 24.5
2017 Sinker 1.1 3 309 21.4 80 .314 .457 .372 18.8 7.5 13.3 .300 .405 .340 28.4
2017 Changeup 0.4 0 37 2.6 11 .182 .364 .227 6.7 9.1 12.5 .132 .203 .145 0.0
2017 Slider -3.7 -1 21 1.5 8 .250 .500 .313 23.1 37.5 18.8 .188 .222 .178 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 93 376 -1 3 -2 -2 -2
2009 412 1,567 6 7 -9 -7 -2
2011 687 2,492 13 10 -4 -4 15
2012 441 1,568 5 11 -10 -4 2
2013 574 1,999 1 9 -8 -5 -3
2014 832 3,031 -7 7 -5 -4 -10
2015 94 367 -8 3 -1 -1 -7
2016 170 697 5 10 -5 -5 4
2017 383 1,441 9 15 -7 -7 10
2018 339 1,214 -8 1 -6 -3 -16
Player 4,025 14,752 16 75 -57 16 -9
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 367 52.6 63.2 78.7 34.5 65.0 49.3 66.0 49.6 25.8 6.8 64.0
2016 701 49.9 64.3 85.8 23.9 69.0 41.1 60.8 44.1 18.8 7.0 79.6
2017 1,447 50.1 65.2 84.9 29.9 71.2 43.8 65.1 47.5 19.4 7.1 70.6
2018 1,215 55.5 67.1 88.7 25.0 65.2 41.6 68.4 48.3 16.7 10.0 68.9
Player 3,730 52.1 65.5 85.8 27.7 68.4 43.1 65.6 47.3 19.0 8.0 70.8
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 72 65 60 49
2016 51 50 48 57
2017 72 39 81 96 57 97 100 92 99 28 73 15 74 52 54 74 29
2018 22 15 10 14 47 39 22 23 37 27 81 2 17 44 25 71 16
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 20.97 2 2.3 0 3 2 1 50.0
2017 22.60 6 3.8 2 4 4 1 16.7
2018 22.70 15 13.1 2 3 9 6 40.0
Player 22.52 23 19.2 4 10 15 8 34.8
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 2 1 2 5 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 1 3 4 3 1 2 5 3 2 1
2017 6 4 4 3 4 3 4 6 3 1 3 5 3 3 3 4 2 2 6 4 5 5 6 6 4 1 3 7 6 2 2
2018 15 16 12 12 12 12 15 12 8 11 13 13 14 14 12 15 13 14 15 15 14 14 16 15 12 12 10 13 14 13 11
Player 23 21 18 20 19 16 22 21 12 13 17 22 20 19 16 22 16 17 24 22 22 20 25 25 19 14 15 25 23 17 14
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .300 +.044 .256 +.049 .207 -.060 .267
xBA .266 +.012 .254 +.039 .215 -.018 .233
OBP .343 +.030 .313 -.022 .335 +.037 .298
xOBP .312 -.001 .313 -.033 .346 +.080 .266
SLG .498 +.144 .354 +.047 .307 -.293 .600
xSLG .456 +.106 .350 +.034 .316 -.150 .466
ISO .198 +.100 .098 -.002 .100 -.233 .333
xISO .189 +.094 .095 -.006 .101 -.132 .233
BABIP .338 +.030 .308 +.027 .281 -.007 .288
wOBA .360 +.068 .292 .000 .292 -.088 .380
xwOBA .332 +.038 .294 -.008 .302 -.014 .316
wOBACON .426 +.101 .325 +.012 .313 -.227 .540
xwOBACON .389 +.062 .327 -.004 .331 -.111 .442
BACON .378 +.058 .320 +.024 .296 -.097 .393
xBACON .336 +.016 .320 +.006 .314 -.030 .344
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 36.8 +15.5 21.3 -9.0 30.3 -12.3 42.6
Avg Exit Velocity 89.2 +4.0 85.2 -2.6 87.8 -2.1 89.9
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 30.8 -1.5 32.3 0.0 32.3 -15.2 47.5
Barrel % 7.9 +6.5 1.4 -0.6 2.0 -11.1 13.1
Avg Launch Angle 7.5 -5.9 13.4 -1.1 14.5 +0.3 14.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.0 -0.5 92.5 0.0 92.5 -1.2 93.7
Breaking Velocity 81.4 +0.8 80.6 0.0 80.6 -1.3 81.9
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- 88.6 -- -- -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 20 +16 4 +2 2 -6 8
Popup % 4.3 -5.6 9.9 -0.2 10.1 +5.2 4.9
Flyball % 21.7 +2.9 18.8 -3.4 22.2 -8.9 31.1
Line Drive % 24.9 -2.4 27.3 -5.0 32.3 +7.7 24.6
Groundball % 49.0 +5.0 44.0 +8.6 35.4 -3.9 39.3
Pull % 37.2 +2.4 34.8 -0.6 35.4 +2.6 32.8
Straight Away % 39.5 -0.6 40.1 +6.8 33.3 -2.8 36.1
Opposite Field % 22.9 -2.3 25.2 -6.1 31.3 +0.2 31.1
Weak Contact % 2.4 -1.5 3.9 +0.9 3.0 -3.6 6.6
Pull Airball % 15.4 +3.0 12.4 -4.8 17.2 -0.8 18.0
Topped Contact % 40.3 +7.3 33.0 +7.7 25.3 -2.6 27.9
Under Contact % 20.9 -4.3 25.2 -8.1 33.3 +10.3 23.0
Flare/Burner Contact % 22.1 -7.3 29.4 +4.1 25.3 +2.3 23.0
Solid Contact % 4.7 -0.3 5.0 -1.1 6.1 -0.5 6.6
HR/FB % 27.3 +17.9 9.4 +0.3 9.1 -38.3 47.4
Popups 11 -17 28 +18 10 +7 3
Flyballs 55 +2 53 +31 22 +3 19
Line Drives 63 -14 77 +45 32 +17 15
Groundballs 124 0 124 +89 35 +11 24
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 55.5 +5.4 50.1 +0.2 49.9 -2.7 52.6
Out of Zone % 44.5 -5.4 49.9 -0.2 50.1 +2.7 47.4
Edge % 41.6 -2.2 43.8 +2.7 41.1 -8.2 49.3
Zone Swing % 67.1 +1.9 65.2 +0.9 64.3 +1.1 63.2
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 -4.9 29.9 +6.0 23.9 -10.6 34.5
In Zone Contact % 88.7 +3.8 84.9 -0.9 85.8 +7.1 78.7
Out of Zone Contact % 65.2 -6.0 71.2 +2.2 69.0 +4.0 65.0
Whiff % 16.7 -2.7 19.4 +0.6 18.8 -7.0 25.8
First Strike % 68.4 +3.3 65.1 +4.3 60.8 -5.2 66.0
First Pitch Swing % 31.9 +3.5 28.4 +0.9 27.5 -2.3 29.8
Swing % 48.3 +0.8 47.5 +3.4 44.1 -5.5 49.6
Meatball Swing % 68.9 -1.7 70.6 -9.0 79.6 +15.6 64.0
Meatball % 10.0 +2.9 7.1 +0.1 7.0 +0.2 6.8
Zone Swing & Miss % 11.3 -3.8 15.1 +0.9 14.2 -7.1 21.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 34.8 +6.0 28.8 -2.2 31.0 -4.0 35.0
In Zone 674 -48 722 +372 350 +157 193
Out of Zone 540 -179 719 +368 351 +177 174
Edge 505 -126 631 +343 288 +107 181
In Zone Swings 452 -19 471 +246 225 +103 122
Out of Zone Swings 135 -80 215 +131 84 +24 60
In Zone Swing & Misses 51 -20 71 +39 32 +6 26
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 47 -15 62 +36 26 +5 21
Basic
Pitches 1,215 -232 1,447 +746 701 +334 367
PA 339 -45 384 +213 171 +77 94
AB 313 -34 347 +207 140 +50 90
Hits 94 +5 89 +60 29 +5 24
Singles 63 -4 67 +48 19 +7 12
Doubles 15 0 15 +7 8 +5 3
Triples 1 -1 2 +2 0 0 0
Home Runs 15 +10 5 +3 2 -7 9
Walks 21 -6 27 +1 26 +22 4
Strikeouts 65 -7 72 +28 44 +15 29
K% 19.2 +0.4 18.8 -6.9 25.7 -5.2 30.9
BB% 6.2 -0.8 7.0 -8.2 15.2 +10.9 4.3
HBP 0 -3 3 +1 2 +2 0
Batted Balls 253 -29 282 +183 99 +38 61
Number of Fastballs 841 -231 1,072 +582 490 +202 288
Number of Offspeed 0 -37 37 +37 0 0 0
Number of Breaking 371 +39 332 +130 202 +123 79
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 164 .288 95 3 3.2 69 15 21.7
2017 Shifts 382 .294 181 12 6.6 201 50 24.9
2018 Shifts 339 .360 185 21 11.4 154 33 21.4
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2011 752 15.5 39.8% 0.1% 330 21.0 0.3% 5.8%
2012 493 16.1 24.5% 0.2% 278 23.0 0.0% 5.4%
2013 626 15.5 40.9% 0.3% 278 22.8 0.7% 6.1%
2014 908 16.2 29.1% 0.4% 416 22.6 0.2% 6.7%
2015 139 17.9 25.9% 5.0% 29 26.6 3.4% 20.7%
2016 210 17.3 23.3% 1.4% 111 23.3 0.9% 16.2%
2017 418 17.2 15.3% 0.5% 236 21.7 0.0% 7.6%
2018 357 18.2 6.4% 1.1% 204 21.3 0.0% 4.4%

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Pitch Distribution