Brandon Patrick McCarthy (born July 7, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and front office executive. He is the special assistant to the general manager for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Atlanta Braves. He is a minority owner of Phoenix Rising FC, of the USL Championship. Early life McCarthy was born and raised in Glendale, California. McCarthy graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2001. He attended Lamar Community College for the 2002 season, where he was 12–0 as a starter and helped them to a third-place finish in the 2002 Junior College World Series. McCarthy was drafted in the 17th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago White Sox. Minor leagues McCarthy made his professional baseball debut with the White Sox affiliate in the rookie Arizona League. He made 14 starts and was 4–4 with a 2.76 ERA and he led the league in strikeouts with 79. He was promoted to the Great Falls White Sox of the Pioneer League for the 2003 season. McCarthy posted impressive stats and showed excellent control, pitching 101 innings, striking out 125 batters, and walking only 15 batters. He finished 9–4 with a 3.65 ERA while making 15 starts. He led the league in innings pitched and strikeouts and recorded 12 strikeouts in a complete game against the Provo Angels on June 29. In 2004, he began the season with the Class-A Kannapolis Intimidators, starting 15 games and accumulating an 8–5 record and 3.64 ERA. His 113 strikeouts led the team and he was selected to the mid-season South Atlantic League All-Star game. On July 1, he was promoted to the Winston-Salem Warthogs of the Carolina League. In a game against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on July 31, he struck out 16 batters. In eight starts he was 6–0 with a 2.08 ERA and walked just three batters in 52 innings. McCarthy was promoted to the Double-A Birmingham Barons of the Southern League on August 12. In four starts he was 3–1 with a 3.46 ERA however he allowed four runs in six innings to take the loss in game one of the Southern League playoffs. Overall, he led all minor league pitchers in strikeouts, with 202. He was