Brandon McCarthy

Atlanta Braves

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Brandon McCarthy threw 16,300 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2018, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2018, they relied primarily on their Sinker (93mph), Cutter (92mph) and Curve (80mph), also mixing in a Slider (86mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (92mph).


In 2018, compared to other RHP:
Their sinker has some natural sinking action. Their cutter has well above average velo and has little cutting action. Their curve generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' curves, has a sharp downward bite, is slightly harder than usual and has slight glove-side movement. Their slider has exceptional depth, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 18 of them in 2018) has heavy sinking action, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has essentially average velo.