T. J. McFarland

Bats L Throws L6'3" 200 lbBorn 1989 Palos Hills, USADebut 2013Team ATHDraft 2007 R4 #137 Cleveland Guardians, A A Stagg School

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	112	16.9	6.7	2.64	21.6	6.19	100.8
2027							100.9
2028							101.0

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 36

His ten closest age-36 comparables averaged 102 PITCH+ the next season; 5 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Carlos Torres	2019	98.0	did not play
2	Paul Quantrill	2005	89.9	did not play
3	Eddie Guardado	2007	98.7	108.6	227
4	Buddy Carlyle	2014	96.0	110.0	32
5	Rick White	2005	96.8	98.8	276
6	Julian Tavarez	2009	95.7	did not play
7	Kevin Gregg	2014	101.7	85.6	51
8	Ricardo Rincon	2006	90.0	did not play
9	Joey Eischen	2006	94.5	did not play
10	Alan Embree	2006	99.0	108.4	284

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	ATH	27	0	0	0
2024	OAK	79	0	0	0
2023	NYM	3	0	0	0
2022	STL	28	0	0	0
2021	STL	38	0	0	0
2020	OAK	23	0	0	0
2019	ARI	51	5	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-115.6
2018	ARI	47	7	0	6	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-132.7
2017	ARI	43	5	1	3	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400	-14.2
2016	BAL	16	0	0	0
2015	BAL	30	0	0	0
2014	BAL	37	1	0	0
2013	BAL	38	0	0	0
Career		460	18	1	12	0.067	0.067	0.067	0.133	-92.8

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									112				100.9
2026*									0
2025	ATH	0	0	6.89	27	0	0	15.7	74	2	3	7	65.8	97.2	63.0
2024	OAK	2	4	3.81	79	0	0	56.7	235	4	17	39	102.3	102.1	104.5
2023	NYM	0	1	5.40	3	0	0	1.7	11	0	1	2	46.4	105.6	52.0
2022	STL	0	0	6.61	28	0	0	32.7	145	5	11	16	78.5	99.5	78.1
2021	STL	4	1	2.56	38	0	0	38.7	144	3	9	21	108.4	94.1	102.4
2020	OAK	2	0	4.35	23	0	0	20.7	92	5	5	9	80.3	105.4	85.7
2019	ARI	0	0	4.82	51	0	0	56.0	250	6	20	35	89.4	105.0	94.4
2018	ARI	2	2	2.00	47	0	1	72.0	292	4	22	42	112.5	100.4	112.8
2017	ARI	4	5	5.33	43	1	0	54.0	241	4	17	29	100.6	100.0	100.6
2016	BAL	2	2	6.93	16	0	0	24.7	112	3	10	7	78.3	97.1	75.4
2015	BAL	2	2	4.91	30	0	0	40.3	188	4	18	26	88.1	100.5	88.6
2014	BAL	4	2	2.76	37	1	0	58.7	255	2	13	34	95.1
2013	BAL	4	1	4.22	38	1	0	74.7	331	7	28	58	97.6
Career		26	20	4.18	460	3	1	546.3	2370	49	174	325	95.0		95.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2019	5			0.0	54.5	37.5	0.000	0.000	0.000
2018	7	92.4	-28.4	0.0	58.3	30.8	0.011	0.011	0.010
2017	5	86.6	-19.0		53.8	66.7	0.057	0.072	0.061

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATH	P	27	16	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2024	OAK	P	79	57	9	9	0	1	1.000	+0.6
2023	NYM	P	3	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2022	STL	P	28	33	3	6	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2021	STL	P	38	39	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1.0
2020	OAK	P	23	21	3	5	0	0	1.000	+0.6
2019	ARI	P	51	56	5	17	1	1	0.957	+1.5
2018	ARI	P	47	72	4	16	2	0	0.909	+0.1
2017	ARI	P	43	54	5	13	0	3	1.000	+0.0
2016	BAL	P	16	25	0	3	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2015	BAL	P	30	40	0	6	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2014	BAL	P	37	59	3	10	1	0	0.929
2013	BAL	P	38	75	3	12	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2023	AAA	nan	Pit	266	62.2 IP, 25% K	2.32
2023	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	143	32.2 IP, 26% K	2.80
2023	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	123	30.0 IP, 24% K	1.80
2022	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	72	18.0 IP, 21% K	4.00
2021	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Pit	101	24.0 IP, 26% K	5.25
2021	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	31	7.0 IP, 26% K	2.57
2021	AAA	nan	Pit	132	31.0 IP, 26% K	4.65
2017	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	39	11.0 IP, 23% K	0.00
2016	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	114	26.1 IP, 10% K	4.48
2015	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	210	52.2 IP, 15% K	2.93
2014	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	105	24.0 IP, 24% K	3.75
2012	AA	Akron Aeros	Pit	240	60.1 IP, 17% K	2.70
2012	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	435	102.2 IP, 13% K	4.84

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2019		0.000	0.000	0.000
2018	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2017		0.180		0.180

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	IP	BB	SO	WHIP
2021	1	13.50	1	0.7	1	0	1.50
2020	0	0.00	2	2.0	1	2	0.50
Career	1	3.38	3	2.7	2	2	0.75

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	BAL	$523,500
2015	BAL	$519,000
2014	BAL	$505,500
2013	BAL	$490,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.