McCade Brown #51

McCade Brown…son of Kim and Brian…has one sister, Tyler...Pitched two seasons at Indiana University…as a sophomore in 2021, earned Second-Team All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten honors...Was a two-year letterwinner in baseball and a four-year letterwinner in soccer at Normal West High School (Ill.).

2025

Made his Major League debut on Aug. 24 at Pittsburgh (3.2,5,4,4,3,2) after having his contract selected from Double-A Hartford that same day...Was the first Rockies pitcher since RHP Angel Chivilli (2024) to debut without making an appearance at the Triple-A level…the first starter to do so since RHP Ryan Feltner in 2021… became the 13th player (seventh pitcher) to debut for the Rockies in 2025, a new franchise record for the most debuts in a single season...Colorado lost each of the first seven starts of his career…was the losing pitcher in his first four starts before earning no-decisions in his next two outings…joined Carson Palmquist (May 16-June 1, 2025) and John Thomson (May 11-27, 1997) as the only Rockies pitchers in franchise history to lose each of their first four starts...Struck out a career-high 10 batters on Sept. 23 at Seattle, one of two Rockies starters in 2025 to strike out 10 in a game (also: Kyle Freeland, Sept. 5 vs. San Diego)…allowed one run on two hits with two walks in five innings pitched...Became the second pitcher in franchise history to record 10+ strikeouts within their first six career games, joining Christian Friedrich on May 14, 2012 at San Francisco...Fourth Rockies pitcher all-time (fifth instance) to pitch five innings with two or fewer hits, two or fewer walks and at least 10 strikeouts, joining Freeland (Sept. 5, 2025 vs. San Diego), Ryan Feltner (April 6, 2024 vs. Tampa Bay) and Germán Márquez (July 31, 2019 vs. Los Angeles-NL & Aug. 30, 2018 at San Diego)…only Rockies pitcher to do so within their first six career games...Made 20 starts at the Minor League level, nine with High-A Spokane and 11 with Double-A Hartford…went 4-2 with a 2.47 ERA (76.2 IP, 21 ER), 30 walks and 105 strikeouts overall.

2024

Made 12 appearances (10 starts) between ACL Rockies and Single-A Fresno…went 1-3 with a 6.85 ERA (23.2 IP, 18 ER) and 35 strikeouts...Played for the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League, going 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA (11.1 IP, 4 ER) and 16 strikeouts in eight appearances.

2023

2022

Made 18 starts for Single-A Fresno, going 4-4 with a 5.22 ERA (89.2 IP, 52 ER), 23 walks and 118 strikeouts...The 118 strikeouts ranked fifth in the California League...Was the CAL Pitcher of the Month for June after going 1-1 with a 2.39 ERA (26.1 IP, 7 ER), eight walks and 39 strikeouts in five starts while limiting opponents to a .194 batting average.