Scott McGough

Bats R Throws R5'11" 190 lbBorn 1989 Monroeville, USADebut 2015Team ATHDraft 2008 R46 #1371 Pittsburgh Pirates, Plum Senior HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	137	20.5	9.2	3.13	20.2	6.42	100.0
2027							101.1
2028							101.6

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 35

His ten closest age-35 comparables averaged 81 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	Chin-hui Tsao	2016	85.0	did not play
2	Mike Lincoln	2010	91.4	did not play
3	Cesar Valdez	2020	87.3	82.3	210
4	Chris Michalak	2006	89.2	did not play
5	Alan Embree	2005	86.7	111.9	221
6	Valerio De Los Santos	2008	83.3	did not play
7	Randy Williams	2011	84.0	did not play
8	Ron Mahay	2006	94.8	109.6	281
9	Ricardo Rincon	2005	95.7	45.9	21
10	Yasuhiko Yabuta	2008	91.9	55.2	77

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	ATH	13	0	0
2024	ARI	26	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.1
2023	ARI	63	0	0
2015	MIA	6	0	0
Career		108	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.1

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									137				101.1
2026*									0
2025	ATH	0	0	6.75	13	0	0	16.0	75	4	7	16	80.7	96.3	77.1
2024	ARI	1	3	7.44	26	2	0	32.7	150	6	21	25	78.1	98.7	76.8
2023	ARI	2	7	4.73	63	1	9	70.3	301	14	30	86	99.0	99.7	98.7
2015	MIA	0	0	9.45	6	0	0	6.7	35	0	4	4	65.4	94.6	59.9
Career		3	10	5.94	108	3	9	125.7	561	24	62	131	88.9		87.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2024	1					0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATH	P	13	16	1	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2024	ARI	P	26	33	1	3	1	1.000	-0.2
2023	ARI	P	63	70	10	3	1	1.000	-0.1
2015	MIA	P	6	7	0	1	0	1.000	-0.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	173	40.2 IP, 23% K	3.36
2025	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	60	13.2 IP, 30% K	4.09
2025	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pit	113	27.0 IP, 19% K	3.00
2024	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	156	36.1 IP, 24% K	3.24
2018	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	315	71.1 IP, 26% K	5.57
2017	AA	Bowie Baysox	Pit	138	32.1 IP, 26% K	1.96
2017	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	109	23.1 IP, 23% K	3.90
2016	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	206	47.2 IP, 17% K	4.77
2016	AAA	nan	Pit	224	50.1 IP, 17% K	5.21
2016	AA	Bowie Baysox	Pit	114	25.1 IP, 18% K	5.74
2015	AAA	New Orleans Zephyrs	Pit	68	17.0 IP, 18% K	2.12
2015	A+	Jupiter Hammerheads	Pit	23	7.0 IP, 26% K	0.00
2015	AA	Jacksonville Suns	Pit	58	13.1 IP, 7% K	2.75
2013	AAA	New Orleans Zephyrs	Pit	25	5.1 IP, 12% K	5.29
2013	AA	Jacksonville Suns	Pit	251	61.2 IP, 22% K	2.65
2012	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Pit	211	47.1 IP, 23% K	4.01
2012	A+	Jupiter Hammerheads	Pit	72	16.2 IP, 11% K	3.33

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2024	0.000		0.000

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