{"id":127380,"date":"2026-05-11T23:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/wild-trevor-mcdonald-stat-shows-giants-pitchers-effectiveness-nbc-sports-bay-area-california\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:58:31","slug":"wild-trevor-mcdonald-stat-shows-giants-pitchers-effectiveness-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wild-trevor-mcdonald-stat-shows-giants-pitchers-effectiveness-nbc-sports-bay-area-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Trevor McDonald stat shows Giants pitchers\u2019 effectiveness \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area & California"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Right-handed Giants pitcher Trevor McDonald has only 25 innings of MLB experience, but the 25-year-old has made the most of that small sample size.<\/p>\n

McDonald’s only MLB appearance of the 2026 season — a seven-inning outing<\/a> against the San Diego Padres last Monday — helped him make MLB history.<\/p>\n

Of McDonald’s five career appearances<\/a>, three have been starts, and in those three starts, he has 21 strikeouts, allowed one walk and two earned runs in 20 innings.<\/p>\n

Per OptaStats, McDonald joins Los Angeles Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela as the only pitchers since 1913 to record 20-plus more strikeouts than walks, along with two or fewer earned runs in their first three MLB starts.<\/p>\n

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Pitchers with 20+ More Strikeouts Than Walks & 2 or Fewer Earned Runs Allowed Through First 3 MLB Starts \u2013 Since 1913 (when ER first tracked in AL and NL)<\/p>\n

Trevor McDonald
Fernando Valenzuela pic.twitter.com\/kPFMAdwfXV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

It’s a fitting stat considering McDonald will toe the rubber on Monday night at Dodger Stadium when the Giants open a four-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n

In McDonald’s one outing this season, he allowed just two hits and one earned run while striking out eight Padres batters over seven innings, helping the Giants snap a six-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

Selected by the Giants in the 11th round of the 2019 MLB Draft, McDonald earned brief cameo appearances<\/a> over the last two seasons. He has a 1.44 career ERA and 23 strikeouts in 25 innings.<\/p>\n

With ace Logan Webb landing on the injured list<\/a> for the first time in five years due to right knee bursitis, the Giants need more production from the rest of the rotation, and McDonald will get a chance<\/a> to show what he can do over an extended stretch.<\/p>\n

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