McCade Brown

McCade David Brown (born August 15, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.

Amateur career Brown attended Normal Community West High School in Normal, Illinois. He considered quitting baseball before making the varsity team, but continued after his mother arranged private training for him. His school's baseball team won two regional championships and a conference championship. In 2018, he went 8–2 with a 1.64 ERA and a school-record 124 strikeouts. That summer, he pitched in collegiate summer baseball for the Normal CornBelters in the Kernels Collegiate League. He was named the player of the week by Collegiate Baseballand D1Baseball and pitcher of the week by Perfect Game and the Big 10 Conference after striking out a school-record 16 Penn State batters in seven scoreless, no-hit innings on March 13, 2021. That season, he was 5–4 with a 3.39 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 61 innings. He was named to the All-Big Ten second team. He pitched four games that summer for the Arizona Complex League (ACL) Rockies. Injuries bookended his 2022 season, with shoulder soreness keeping him out for the first month and an elbow injury on September 3 closing out his season. He was 4–4 with a 5.22 ERA for the Single-A Fresno Grizzlies. He had a platelet-rich plasma injection in September, then opted for Tommy John surgery and an ulnar nerve transposition in early 2023.

Brown came back from elbow surgery in May 2024 with the ACL Rockies. He made his MLB debut that day against the Pittsburgh Pirates, losing to Paul Skenes.

Brown was placed on the injured list to begin the 2026 season due to right shoulder inflammation. He was transferred to the 60-day injured list on April 4, 2026.

Personal life Brown is married. His mother is the head volleyball coach at Illinois Wesleyan University, and his father is a Bloomington, Illinois police officer. He has a sister.

In high school, Brown played soccer for four years. He played basketball for two years, quitting to focus on training for baseball.