Austin Pruitt
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Position:
RHP
Born:
08/31/89
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
165
B/T:
R/R
Acquired:
Drafted in the ninth round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft (TAM).
Most Recent Stats at Time of Debut
| 2016 Season Stats: Went 8-11 with a 3.76 ERA in 28 games at Durham (Triple-A), striking out 149 batters while walking 27 and allowing 166 hits in 167 2/3 innings, limiting opposing hitters to a .267 average. |
Info & MLB Debut Date
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Broke camp with the team out of spring training. MLB Debut Date: 04/02/17 |
Debut Details
| April 2, in a 7-3 win over the Yankees. The third of five pitchers, he allowed two hits and one unearned run without getting an out. Coming on in the top of the ninth inning with a 7-2 lead to replace reliever and RHP Danny Farquhar, the first batter he faced, Chase Headley, singled to left field and Aaron Judge then grounded to third, but third baseman Evan Longoria made an error on the attempted force at second. Aaron Hicks' subsequent line drive single to short loaded the bases at which point reliever and RHP Alex Colome came on to replace Pruitt. The Yankees' Chris Carter then hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Headley with the unearned run. |
Player Notes
| Signed out of Houston for a $5,000 bonus, Pruitt looks like a pretty good deal as he became the first official "debutante" of 2017. He led the International League in starts in 2016 at Durham and led the Rays' organization in starts and innings pitched. His numbers there closely mirrored his 2015 season at Montgomery (Double-A) where he went 10-7 with a 3.09 ERA in 26 games, including two complete games, striking out 122 and walking just 38 in 160 innings. Baseball America lauded him for having the best control in the International League as well as in the organization coming into 2017. He brings a career 3.33 ERA over four pro seasons with him. His fastball hovers around 90 mph to go with a 12-to-6 curveball and a workable changeup. |