Pitcher · 2025
Darren McCaughan
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #79
- Born
- March 18, 1996 in Long Beach, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- July 21, 2021
- Drafted
- 2017, round 12
- College
- Long Beach State
- High school
- Los Alamitos
- dbWAR
- -.5 2 season(s)
- IP
- 5.1
- ERA
- 1.69
- FIP
- 1.45
- K/9
- 10.1
- FIP−
- 35 100 = avg
Darren McCaughan is a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2025 he struck out 6 batters over 5.1 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 1.69 was 59.4% lower than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 1.45 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 27.3% of swings (14.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.1%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 20.0% |
| vs RHB | 18 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .294 | .333 | .353 | .307 | 27.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Darren McCaughan throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2025.
| Sweeper | 36 | 82.2 | 2,667 | 52.8% | 38.9% | |
| Sinker | 20 | 90.1 | 2,206 | 55.0% | 0.0% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 20 | 88.9 | 2,343 | 55.0% | 33.3% | |
| Changeup | 10 | 80.8 | 1,294 | 50.0% | 28.6% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1.69 | 1.45 | 1.13 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 41 | 35 | 0.2 | |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 29 | 28 | 15 | 6.21 | 6.12 | 1.62 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 152 | 150 | -0.7 |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.