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McCade Brown

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 247 lb
Number: #51

Born: August 15, 2000 in Normal, IL, United States
MLB debut: August 24, 2025
Drafted: 2021, round 3
College: Indiana

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 25.2
ERA: 7.36
FIP: 6.95
K/9: 8.1
FIP−: 167

McCade Brown was a starting pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. In 2025 he struck out 23 batters over 25.2 innings across 7 appearances, 7 of them starts, going 0-5. His ERA of 7.36 was 77.1% higher than the league average of 4.16 — 18th of 21 on his team, and 525th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.95 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.3% of swings (10.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.3%. His -0.4 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.

FIP6.95

K/98.1

WHIP1.83

WAR-.4

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2025	COL	7	7	25.2	0	5	0	30	21	23	17	7.36	6.95	1.83	8.1	6.0	177	167	-0.4	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	63	47	17	3	11	9	.362	.524	.596	.489	14.3%
vs RHB	63	56	13	3	6	14	.232	.302	.464	.328	22.2%

Pitch sequencing

What McCade Brown 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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.


Four-Seam Fastball	57.2%	287	94.3	2,321	49.5%	18.0%	51	.333	1.081
Slider	19.3%	97	85.3	2,509	41.2%	36.5%	29	.276	.909
Knuckle Curve	17.9%	90	78.7	2,633	37.8%	25.9%	16	.188	.566
Changeup	5.6%	28	87.6	2,053	17.9%	18.2%	7	—	—

McCade Brown's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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FIP: 6.05
SO: 72
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How these are computed

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.