Tanner McDougal #24

Is a 2021 graduate of Silverado High School in Las Vegas… went 2-1 with a 0.88 ERA (2 ER/16.0 IP) with 33 strikeouts over five appearances as a senior… also hit .452 (14-for-31) with six doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI in nine games...Struck out 14 batters with no walks over five hitless IP on 5/4 against Chaparral...His father, Mike, played six seasons in the minor leagues with St. Louis (1995-98) and Baltimore (1999-2000) after being selected by the Cardinals in the 31st round of the 1994 draft… was a first baseman before converting to pitcher...His brother, Tyler, plays baseball at College of Southern Nevada in Henderson, Nev.

2025

Combined to go 3-5 with a 3.26 ERA (41 ER/113.1 IP) and 136 strikeouts (10.80 per 9.0 IP) over 28 starts with Class High A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham...Ranked among the organizational leaders in starts (first), strikeouts (second), IP (third) and ERA (fifth)...Began the season with Winston-Salem, where he went 0-2 with a 2.08 ERA (5 ER/21.2 IP) and 23 strikeouts (9.55 per 9.0 IP) over his first five starts from 4/4-27...Averaged 12.97 strikeouts per 9 IP (37 SO/25.2 IP) over six starts in May … threw a career-high seven scoreless IP on 5/31 at Hub City, allowing no walks with eight strikeouts...Went 0-0 with a 1.85 ERA (5 ER/24.1 IP) and 29 strikeouts over his final five starts with the Dash from 5/20-6/12...Was promoted to Birmingham on 6/18 and made his Barons debut that day in Game 1 of a doubleheader vs. Columbus … recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts over 5.1 IP...Went 3-1 with a 0.89 ERA (3 ER/30.1 IP), .183 (19-104) opp. average and 38 strikeouts over his first six starts with the Barons...Threw a career-high 21 consecutive scoreless IP from 6/24- 7/18 … won three straight starts from 6/29-7/11, allowing eight hits with 21 strikeouts over 17 IP...His win on 6/29 at Knoxville was his first since his pro debut on 8/14/21… went 63 appearances (62 starts) between victories...Threw six scoreless IP in each of his final two starts of the first half on 7/5 at Chattanooga and 7/11 at Biloxi...Was on an innings limit in the second half when he threw three IP or less in each of his 10 starts...Playoffs: Made two starts in the Southern League playoffs, throwing seven scoreless IP with one hit allowed and 11 strikeouts...Struck out five over three scoreless IP in Game 1 of the SL semifinals vs. Chattanooga...Tossed four perfect IP with six strikeouts in Game 2 of the SL championship series on 9/23 at Montgomery… the Barons recorded a 6-3 victory to clinch their second straight SL title...Ended the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 7 prospect in the White Sox system.