Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon McCarthy enjoying career after injury

Mccarthy Efficiently Shuts Down Fish

From Elias: Brandon McCarthy needed just 99 pitches to complete his 1-0 victory at Miami. The last Diamondbacks pitcher to throw fewer than 100 pitches in a complete-game shutout was Brandon Webb, who tossed 96 in a 3-0 win over the Cardinals on September 9, 2006.

If You're 105 Or Younger, You Ain't Seen This Before

For a team like the Dodgers with a rich tradition of great pitchers, Tuesday's matchup of winless starters -- Josh Beckett (0-4) for LA vs. Brandon McCarthy (0-3) for Arizona -- seemed unusual. But what we found surprised us. No let's restate that: What we found shocked our pants off. It was the first Dodgers game in 106 years for which neither starting pitcher had a victory on the season and both had at least three losses. There were only two previous games of that type in Dodgers history, and both were played at least 50 years before Walter O'Malley moved the club to LA: Jack Dunn (0-3) of Brooklyn vs. Chick Fraser (0-6) of the Louisville Colonels in 1898; and George Bell of Brooklyn (0-3) vs. Art Fromme (0-3) of St. Louis in 1907. Fraser pitched a no-hitter for the Phillies in 1903. The second of those games resulted in a 10-0 Brooklyn victory in which both starters pitched a complete game. Yup.

60 Feet, 6 Inches: Panic over slow-starting pitchers?

Tristan H. Cockcroft highlights a handful of star pitchers off to slow starts and explains whether their fantasy owners should worry about them.

Fantasy Facts - McCarthy might be unlucky

Brandon McCarthy has a .404 BABIP against this season, over 100 points higher than his average from the past two seasons (.298).

MLB not ready to approve padded cap lining

When then-Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy suffered life-threatening brain injuries after he was struck in the head by a line drive in September, MLB said it accelerated its efforts to come up with acceptable protective headgear for pitchers.

ESPN SportsCenter AllNight Podcast

Miguel Montero discusses Brandon McCarthy's pitching debut after getting hit in the head last season, his team's expectations this season and playing in the WBC.

McCarthy K's 4 in first outing since comebacker

Nearly six months after taking a line drive off the head in Oakland, Brandon McCarthy made his Cactus League debut for the Diamondbacks against Cincinnati

Fantasy: Gaming the player pool for hidden value

Todd Zola offers readers some methods for getting the very most from the player pool on draft day, including hidden value in late-round picks.