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LHP
GARRETT MCDANIELS

57 LEFT LEFT 6-3 185

BORN: DEC. 15, 1999 OPENING DAY AGE: 25
BIRTHPLACE: MARION, SC RESIDES: MARION, SC
ACQUIRED: FROM LOS ANGELES (N.L.) IN RULE 5 DRAFT ON DEC. 11, 2024
SIGNED THRU: 2025; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 0/3 OPTIONS USED

McDANIELS’ LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA MCDANIELS
2022— ACL Dodgers 0-1 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 .250
2023— ACL Dodgers 0-0 0.00 3 0 0 1 0 1 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 .222
R. Cucamonga 0-1 2.87 13 0 0 4 0 1 15.2 15 6 5 0 1 8 0 19 3 0 .250
2022— R. Cucamonga 0-4 3.80 11 7 0 0 0 0 45.0 43 25 19 3 1 23 0 44 3 0 .251
Great Lakes 5-1 2.49 19 0 0 5 0 1 25.1 19 9 7 0 3 5 0 34 2 0 .196
Tulsa 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 .167
MINOR TOTALS 5-7 3.22 49 7 0 10 0 3 92.1 82 43 33 3 5 39 0 108 10 1 .232
2024 SEASON
◆ Split season between Low-A Rancho Cucamonga, High-A Great Lakes, and Double-A Tulsa in the Dodgers
system...Went a combined 5-5 with a 3.19 ERA (73.1 IP - 26 ER) and 84 strikeouts in 32 games across all three
levels in 2024.
◆ Posted a 3.80 ERA (45.0 IP - 19 ER) with 44 strikeouts in 11 appearances (seven starts) with Low-A Rancho
Cucamonga before being promoted to High-A Great Lakes on June 25...Went 0-3 with a 3.41 ERA (29.0 IP - 11 ER)
and 23 strikeouts in seven games as a starter.
◆ Went 5-1 with a 2.49 ERA (25.1 IP - 7 ER) and 34 strikeouts in 19 relief appearances with High-A Great Lakes...
Promoted to Double-A Tulsa on Sept. 13 and appeared in two games to end the season.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Made professional debut Aug. 23, 2022 with ACL Dodgers at ACL White Sox.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ July 24, 2021...Signed by Dodgers as non-drafted free agent.
◆ Dec. 11, 2024...Selected by Angels in Rule 5 Draft (Major League phase) from Dodgers Double-A roster.
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Garrett Nicholas McDaniels...On X: @13Mcdaniels
◆ Pitched at University of Mount Olive in 2021...Made three starts and went 1-0 with a 0.69 ERA (13.0 IP - 1 ER)
with 18 strikeouts...Prior to Mount Olive, played for Coastal Carolina University in 2019 and went 0-3 with a 8.35
ERA (32.1 IP - 30 ER) and 24 strikeouts.
◆ Took a year off from college baseball in 2020 and studied welding with his grandfather.
◆ Selected by the Miami Marlins in the 30th round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft...Elected to attend college.
◆ Graduated from Pee Dee Academy (Mullins, SC) in 2018...Led Pee Dee Academy to back-to-back SCISA 2A State
Championships in 2016 and 2017…Recorded nine wins with a 0.72 ERA and 98 strikeouts on the mound as a senior…
Named 2017 All-Pee with a .420 batting average, five pitching wins, 66 strikeouts and a 1.22 ERA his junior season.
◆ Signed by Dodgers scout Jonah Rosenthal.

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