The Following Press Release is from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Dodgers sign Brandon McCarthy
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced the signing of free-agent right-handed pitcher Brandon McCarthy to a four-year contract.
McCarthy, 31, established career highs in wins (10), strikeouts (175) and innings pitched (200.0) last season with the Diamondbacks and Yankees, going 10-15 with a 4.05 ERA in 32 starts. He ranked ninth among MLB starters with a 5.30 strikeout-to-walk ratio and averaged only 1.49 walks per 9.0 innings, the eighth-best mark in the Majors. Beginning with his final two starts with the D-backs and through his 14 starts with New York following his July 6 trade, McCarthy was one of the game’s best pitchers, going 9-5 with a 2.80 ERA (32 ER/103.0 IP) from June 27 to the conclusion of the season.
The 6-foot-7, 200-pound McCarthy has a 52-65 career record with a 4.09 ERA in nine seasons with the White Sox (2005-06), Rangers (2007-09), Athletics (2011-12), Diamondbacks (2013-14) and Yankees (2014). Since his first big league season in 2005, McCarthy ranks 16th among MLB starting pitchers by averaging only 2.23 walks per 9.0 innings and has a 2.85 strikeout-to-walk ratio during the course of his career.
The Glendale, CA, native was originally selected by the White Sox in the 17th round of the 2002 First-Year Player Draft.
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Reports are also circulating that the Dodgers have further bolstered their starting rotation by adding left-hander Brett Anderson on a one-year, $10 million contract with $4 million in incentives.
Anderson had an injury-plagued 2014, missing three months with a fractured right index finger, then the final six weeks with a bulging disk in his back. He went 1-3 with a 2.91 ERA in only eight starts.
Since winning 11 games his rookie season of 2009, Anderson has never won more than seven games or pitched more than 112 1/3 innings. He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2011 and had a fractured foot in ’13 (when he was Oakland’s Opening Day starter).
Anderson’s career record in 27-32 with a 3.73 ERA.
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