The Cincinnati Reds have a lot of good arms, and they’ve added another one to the organization.
The Reds announced late Wednesday that they’ve signed right-handed pitcher Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training.
McCaughan is 29 years old and spent the 2025 season with the Minnesota Twins.Â
He only got three MLB outings in 2025, but they were good ones, as he put up a 1.69 ERA.
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He’s originally a 12th-round pick by the Seattle Mariners in the 2017 MLB Draft out of Cal State-Long Beach.
He debuted with the Mariners in 2021 but got hit hard in a pair of outings and didn’t get back to the majors until 2023.
That was just three more appearances for the Mariners, and then in 2024, he split 12 appearances between the Miami Marlins and Cleveland Guardians. In those outings, he had a combined 6.21 ERA.
That set up his short stint with Minnesota in 2025.
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McCaughan has just a 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings ratio in his limited MLB action. In his minor league career, that rate rises to 8.3.
The 6-foot-1 righty made 26 appearances for Triple-A St. Paul in 2025, too, and had just a 5.10 ERA in those outings.
He seems like he’ll be organizational depth more than anything else, but with the way teams work through pitchers, McCaughan may very well see the major leagues at some point in 2026.
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