Garrett McDaniels #42

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, S.C.) 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.

2024

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.