Scott McGough
35-Year-Old
Free Agent
2024 Stats
W-L
1-3
ERA
7.44
WHIP
1.68
K
25
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
Hits open market
The Diamondbacks declined McGough's $4 million mutual option on 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 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 and he moved back and forth between Triple-A and the majors this past season after spending all of 2023 in the big leagues.
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 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 and 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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2023
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
22
Last 10 Games
29
Last 5 Games
28
How many pitches does Scott McGough generally throw?
1-10
11-20
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41-50
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81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Scott McGough generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
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5th
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7th
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9th
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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
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .187 | 50 | 26 | 31 | 6 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .281 | 61 | 25 | 63 | 14 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .256 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .284 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 6 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .163 | 40 | 13 | 20 | 6 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .280 | 46 | 17 | 40 | 8 | |||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-44%
ERA at Home
2024
-61%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 4.23 | 1.09 | 61.2 | 9.6 | 3.1 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 7.62 | 1.89 | 41.1 | 9.8 | 6.5 | ||||
| 2024Home | 5.09 | 1.35 | 23.0 | 8.2 | 4.3 | ||||
| 2024Away | 13.03 | 2.48 | 9.2 | 3.7 | 9.3 | ||||
| 2023Home | 3.72 | 0.93 | 38.2 | 10.5 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2023Away | 5.97 | 1.71 | 31.2 | 11.7 | 5.7 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 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.
* 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
1.19K/9
6.9BB/9
5.8HR/9
1.7Fastball
93.2 mphERA
7.44WHIP
1.68BABIP
.294GB/FB
1.23Left On Base
53.6%Exit Velocity
83.3 mphBarrels/BBE
7.6%Spin Rate
2108 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.7%Swinging Strike
11.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2016
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.
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Recalled from Reno
The Diamondbacks recalled McGough from Triple-A Reno on Monday.
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Sent to Triple-A
The Diamondbacks optioned McGough to Triple-A Reno on Sunday, Alex Weiner of ArizonaSports.com reports.
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Back in Arizona
The Diamondbacks recalled McGough from Triple-A Reno on Friday.
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Sent to Reno
The Diamondbacks optioned McGough to Triple-A Reno on Friday.
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Opening Saturday
McGough will serve as Arizona's opening pitcher for Saturday's game against the White Sox, Theo Mackie of The Arizona Republic reports.
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