| McCade Brown | |
|---|---|
| Colorado Rockies – No. 51 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born:August 15, 2000 Normal, Illinois, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 24, 2025, for the Colorado Rockies | |
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 0–5 |
| Earned run average | 7.36 |
| Strikeouts | 23 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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McCade David Brown (born August 15,2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Brown attended Normal Community West High School in Normal,Illinois. [1] He considered quitting baseball before making the varsity team,but continued after his mother arranged private training for him. [2] His school's baseball team won two regional championships and a conference championship. In 2018,he went 8–2 with a 1.64 ERA and a school-record 124 strikeouts. [3]
Brown then played college baseball at Indiana University. He pitched only 6+2⁄3 innings during his first two seasons with the Hoosiers, with the 2020 season ending early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] That summer, he pitched in collegiate summer baseball for the Normal CornBelters in the Kernels Collegiate League. [4] He was named the player of the week by Collegiate Baseball and D1Baseball and pitcher of the week by Perfect Game and the Big 10 Conference after striking out a school-record 16 Penn State batters in seven scoreless, no-hit innings on March 13, 2021. [5] [6] [7] That season, he was 5–4 with a 3.39 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 61 innings. He was named to the All-Big Ten second team. [3]
The Colorado Rockies selected Brown in the third round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. He signed, receiving a $760,000 signing bonus. [8] [9] He pitched four games that summer for the Arizona Complex League (ACL) Rockies. [10] Injuries bookended his 2022 season, with shoulder soreness keeping him out for the first month and an elbow injury on September 3 closing out his season. He was 4–4 with a 5.22 ERA for the Single-A Fresno Grizzlies. He had a platelet-rich plasma injection in September, then opted for Tommy John surgery and an ulnar nerve transposition in early 2023. [8] [11] [12]
Brown came back from elbow surgery in May 2024 with the ACL Rockies. [8] He returned to Fresno later in the season, going a combined 1–3 with a 6.85 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 28+2⁄3 innings pitched for the two teams. He then pitched in 8 games for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League. [10] During the offseason, he changed the grip on his changeup. [8]
Brown began the 2025 season with the High-A Spokane Indians, advancing to the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats in late May. There, pitching coach Dan Meyer encouraged Brown to pitch more efficiently, challenging him to get batters out in five pitches or fewer. [8]
On August 24, the Rockies selected Brown to their 40-man roster and promoted him to the major leagues. [1] [13] He made his MLB debut that day against the Pittsburgh Pirates, losing to Paul Skenes. [14] [2] Brown went 0–5 in his first season in the majors with a 7.36 ERA and 23 strikeouts, allowing six home runs and 17 walks in 25+2⁄3 innings over 7 starts. [15]
Brown is married. His mother is the head volleyball coach at Illinois Wesleyan University, and his father is a Bloomington, Illinois police officer. [2] [16] He has a sister. [3]
In high school, Brown played soccer for four years. [3] He played basketball for two years, quitting to focus on training for baseball. [2]
