Brandon Connor Pfaadt ( ; 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.
Career
Pfaadt attended
Trinity High School in
Louisville, Kentucky, and played
college baseball at
Bellarmine University
Bellarmine University (BU; ) is a private Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after Saint Rober ...
. In 2019, he played
collegiate summer baseball
Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operat ...
with the
Wareham Gatemen of the
Cape Cod Baseball League
The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over one thousan ...
.
The
Arizona Diamondbacks selected Pfaadt in the fifth round of the
2020 Major League Baseball draft
The 2020 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place on June 10 and 11, 2020. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. The draft order was set based on the reverse order of the 2019 MLB season ...
. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the
COVID-19 pandemic. 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. Over 22 starts between the three teams, he went 8–7 with a 3.21 ERA and 160 strikeouts over innings.
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. 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.
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Amarillo Sod Poodles players
Arizona Diamondbacks players
Baseball players from Louisville, Kentucky
Bellarmine Knights baseball players
Hillsboro Hops players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Mankato MoonDogs players
Reno Aces players
Visalia Rawhide players
Wareham Gatemen players