Scott McGough

35-Year-Old PitcherRP

Free Agent

2024 Stats

W-L

1-3

ERA

7.44

WHIP

1.68

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

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Bats R

Throws R

40 Man No

Height 6'0"

Weight 170

DOB 10/31/1989

Drafted 5th Rd 2011

Hits open market

PFree Agent

November 4, 2024

The Diamondbacks declined McGough's $4 million mutual option Saturday, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports.

ANALYSIS
He receives a $750K buyout in the transaction. McGough logged a 5.59 ERA, 1.41 WHIP and 111 strikeouts over 103 innings in two regular seasons with Arizona. He was much more effective in 2023 than in 2024, as his K-BB% dropped from 18.6 percent to 2.7 percent. He moved back and forth between Triple-A and the majors this past season after spending all of 2023 in the big leagues.

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Pitching Appearances Breakdown

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What part of the game does Scott McGough generally pitch?

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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold

% Games By Number of Innings Pitched

Left/Right Pitching Splits

Since 2022

-33%

BAA vs LHP

2024

-10%

BAA vs LHP

2023

-42%

BAA vs LHP

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	BAA	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	3B	HR
Since 2022vs Left	.187	196	50	26	31	7	0	6
Since 2022vs Right	.281	255	61	25	63	18	2	14
2024vs Left	.256	57	10	13	11	3	0	0
2024vs Right	.284	93	15	8	23	7	2	6
2023vs Left	.163	139	40	13	20	4	0	6
2023vs Right	.280	162	46	17	40	11	0	8
2022vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Home/Away Pitching Splits

Since 2022

-44%

ERA at Home

2024

-61%

ERA at Home

2023

-38%

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	ERA	WHIP	IP	W	L	SV	K/9	BB/9	HR/9
Since 2022Home	4.23	1.09	61.2	3	3	2	9.6	3.1	1.0
Since 2022Away	7.62	1.89	41.1	0	7	7	9.8	6.5	2.8
2024Home	5.09	1.35	23.0	1	1	0	8.2	4.3	0.8
2024Away	13.03	2.48	9.2	0	2	0	3.7	9.3	3.7
2023Home	3.72	0.93	38.2	2	2	2	10.5	2.3	1.2
2023Away	5.97	1.71	31.2	0	5	7	11.7	5.7	2.6
2022Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Stat Review

How does Scott McGough compare to other relievers?

This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

K/BB

1.19

K/9

6.9

BB/9

5.8

HR/9

1.7

Fastball

93.2 mph

ERA

7.44

WHIP

1.68

BABIP

.294

GB/FB

1.23

Left On Base

53.6%

Exit Velocity

83.3 mph

Barrels/BBE

7.6%

Spin Rate

2108 rpm

Balls Hit 95+ MPH

23.7%

Swinging Strike

11.8%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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McGough's first season back in the big leagues since 2015 might be best described as a roller coaster. The right-hander opened the season as one of Arizona's options to close games, but he blew a couple of save chances early on and spent a few months relegated to setup duties. McGough then went on a dominant 17-game streak from mid-May to late-June where he didn't allow an earned run, spanning 22.1 innings. He struck out 32 during the streak and re-entered the mix for saves, picking up 6 over the next several weeks. The 33-year-old followed that up with a 9.58 ERA in July, at which point the D'Backs acquired Paul Sewald to handle closing duties. McGough's splitter and slider both generated 40-plus percent whiff rates, which should keep him pitching late-innings in 2024. Closing is probably off the table, though, unless he steps in for the occasional ancillary save.

McGough, now 33, makes his return stateside with Arizona this season after a successful four-year stint in Japan. A fifth-round pick back in 2011, McGough had a cup of coffee with the Marlins in 2015 before ultimately leaving affiliated baseball. He found his niche overseas and transformed into one of Japan's top closers, notching 30-plus saves with sub-2.60 ERAs the past two seasons. The right-hander sits in the mid-90s with his fastball and has recently developed a splitter to complement his heater and slider. The Diamondbacks signed him to a two-year, $6.25 million deal with the hope that he can provide some stability at the back end of a mostly unsettled bullpen. A strong showing in the Cactus League has put McGough as the frontrunner to close in the desert.

McGough spent his time rising through the ranks during the entire 2015 minor league season, where he went from High-A to Triple-A. His progressive success (1.93 ERA, 1.15 WHIP) through the three leagues led to a September callup to Miami. With the Marlins, he tossed 6.2 innings and was tagged for seven runs in his month with the team. He is a player that was a development project from the start, and he has come along at a fairly good pace throughout his young career. The 26-year-old will be battling to be one of the bullpen arms in 2016, but it is not expected for him to be more than a middle reliever.

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