25 Facts About Brandon McCarthy

Brandon McCarthy is the special assistant to the general manager for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball .

Brandon McCarthy played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Atlanta Braves.

Brandon McCarthy is a minority owner of Phoenix Rising FC, of the USL Championship.

Brandon McCarthy graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2001.

Brandon McCarthy was drafted in the 17th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago White Sox.

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Brandon McCarthy made his professional baseball debut with the White Sox affiliate in the rookie Arizona League.

Brandon McCarthy was promoted to the Great Falls White Sox of the Pioneer League for the 2003 season.

Brandon McCarthy posted impressive stats and showed excellent control, pitching 101 innings, striking out 125 batters, and walking only 15 batters.

Brandon McCarthy was named a starting pitcher on Baseball America's 2004 minor league all-star team and was selected by the White Sox as their minor league player of the year.

Brandon McCarthy earned a permanent spot on the team as a reliever in 2006, appearing in 53 games while making a few spot starts.

Brandon McCarthy endured an injury-plagued season in his first year for the Rangers in 2007, most notably dealing with a stress fracture in his right shoulder blade that kept him sidelined for nearly 2 months.

Brandon McCarthy adapted his pitch repertoire to emphasize two-seam fastballs and cutters, which helped increase his ground-ball percentage and lower his home-run rate while developing control and limiting walks allowed.

Brandon McCarthy finished the year with the lowest FIP among American League starters.

Brandon McCarthy was the Athletics opening day starter for the 2012 season.

Brandon McCarthy subsequently underwent surgery for 2 hours to relieve cranial pressure after CT scans revealed he had suffered an epidural hemorrhage, a brain contusion, and a skull fracture.

Brandon McCarthy was placed on medication and expected to return to pitch as his shoulder allowed.

The Yankees had Brandon McCarthy resume the use of his cut fastball, which the Diamondbacks had him stop using, while decreasing the use of his sinker.

Brandon McCarthy allowed six runs on five hits and one walk without retiring a single batter.

In 2017, Brandon McCarthy started the season in the rotation and won five of his first six decisions.

Brandon McCarthy pitched out of the bullpen at the end of the season.

Brandon McCarthy allowed a two-run home run to George Springer of the Houston Astros, and was charged with the loss.

Brandon McCarthy is a minority owner of Phoenix Rising FC of the USL Championship.

Brandon McCarthy was instrumental in getting the name Phoenix Rising approved by the team's board because it sounded like a mixture of a European team name and an American mascot.

Brandon McCarthy was accused of questioning the veracity of accusations made against Flemmings, suggesting in a direct message with another Twitter user that the Loyal, who forfeited a match against the Los Angeles Galaxy II in the days prior over the alleged use of a racial slur against a Black Loyal player, wanted to forfeit the match to begin with to continue making a statement on social justice.

In later statements, Brandon McCarthy said he was "emotional" in his initial reaction to the incident.

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