Big-bodied UCLA righty with Saturday-starter upside, but health has been the story
In the 2025 season, Finn McIlroy did not make an appearance due to injury after previously flashing weekend-rotation potential for UCLA, including a 2.25 ERA over 12.0 innings in 2024 before elbow soreness interrupted his run.[1][6] At 6-foot-6, he brings the kind of downhill angle, size, and starter’s frame scouts love, but the biggest differentiator is whether his arm can stay on the mound long enough to let the stuff play consistently.[1][3] If your team wants a high-ceiling right-hander with starter traits and plenty of projection, he’s intriguing; if you need reliability right now, the injury history is the obvious red flag.[1][6]
