McFarland attended Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Illinois, where he played for the school's baseball team and basketball team for 4 years.
As a senior, McFarland recorded 103 strikeouts while walking only 13 in ​66 ²⁄₃ innings pitched.
He signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Missouri and play college baseball for the Missouri Tigers baseball team.
McFarland attended Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Illinois, where he played for the school's baseball team and basketball team for 4 years. As a senior, McFarland recorded 103 strikeouts while walking only 13 in ​66 ²⁄₃ innings pitched. He signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Missouri and play college baseball for the Missouri Tigers baseball team.
T. J. McFarland