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Brandon Pfaadt

Brandon Pfaadt

American baseball player (born 1998)

Brandon Connor Pfaadt (/fɑːt/ FAHT;[1] born October 15, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.

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Career

Pfaadt attended Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky, and played college baseball at Bellarmine University.[2] In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3]

The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Pfaadt in the fifth round of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[4] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] He made his professional debut in 2021 with the Visalia Rawhide and was promoted to the Hillsboro Hops and Amarillo Sod Poodles during the season.[6] Over 22 starts between the three teams, he went 8–7 with a 3.21 ERA and 160 strikeouts over 131+2⁄3 innings.[7]

In 2022 in 29 starts split between Double-A Amarillo and the Triple-A Reno Aces, he was 11–7 with a 3.83 ERA, and led the minors in innings pitched, with 167, as well as strikeouts, with 218.[8] Pfaadt began the 2023 season in Reno, posting a 3.91 ERA with 30 strikeouts across 5 starts.

On May 3, 2023, Pfaadt was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time to serve as the starting pitcher against the Texas Rangers.[9][10]

References

  1. [1]
    Amarillo Sod Poodles 2022 roster as of April 22. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
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    Lane, Tom. "LANE | Bellarmine's Brandon Pfaadt hoping to hear his name called in MLB Draft". WDRB.
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    "#33 Brandon Pfaadt". pointstreak.com. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
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    "Arizona Diamondbacks MLB draft: Meet fifth-round pick Brandon Pfaadt". Courier-journal.com. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
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    "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  6. [6]
    Piecoro, Nick. "Brandon Pfaadt Looks Like A Legit Prospect". www.baseballamerica.com.
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    "Thomas at top of the class for D-backs".
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    "2022 Register Pitching Leaders".
  9. [9]
    "D-BACKS ROSTER MOVES". mlb.com. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  10. [10]
    "What to expect from Brandon Pfaadt in the Show". MLB.com.
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