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McGough

Two-year minor league deals are typically for injured players set to miss a season, so we’re guessing that’s the case here. McGough, 27, got off to an awful start in the White Sox system last season and announced his retirement in May. He had a 1.98 ERA and an 88/28 K/BB in 81 2/3 innings for the Orioles and White Sox in 2024, with the team change coming because he was traded for Eloy Jimenez at the deadline.

McGough, 27, was the pitcher the White Sox got from the Orioles for Eloy Jiménez at last year’s trade deadline. He wound up with a 1.98 ERA and an 88/28 K/BB in 81 2/3 innings between Double- and Triple-A last year, but that didn’t get him called up or even added to the 40-man roster. He’d opened this year by allowing 15 runs and walking 15 in 15 innings for Triple-A Charlotte.

Originally drafted by the Pirates in the 24th round of the 2019 MLB Draft, the Orioles added McGough in the Triple-A portion of last year’s Rule 5 Draft. He had a 1.99 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 55 strikeouts in 54 1/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A this year.