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Pfaadt

Pfaadt recovered from a five-run first to hold the Padres to one run over the next three innings, but he was pulled after a HBP and an error to open the fifth, and both runners came around to score. Pfaadt ends the year 13-9 with a 5.25 ERA. His strikeout rate dipped from 24 percent last year to 19 percent this season. The hope going into next year is that he further develops the cutter he added back in June and has used effectively but inconsistently since. Still, he doesn’t seem like much of a sleeper at this point.

Pfaadt surrendered a leadoff homer to Teoscar Hernández in the second inning. After three scoreless frames, Hernández brought two more runs home on Pfaadt with a triple in the sixth. Pfaadt’s day would be done after six frames. He struck out four. The 26-year-old right-hander is in line to take a 5.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, and a 142/37 K/BB ratio over 172 2/3 innings into the final game of the regular season against the Padres in San Diego on Sunday.

If only the Diamondbacks could have scored for him, Pfaadt would have been credited with his first complete game, his first shutout and even a “Maddux” for getting 27 outs on 97 pitches. The one hit he allowed was a Drew Gilbert single in the sixth. A double play followed immediately. In the ninth, he saw Gilbert reach on a Ketel Marte error with one out and then coaxed a second double play ball out of Heliot Ramos. Pfaadt struck out seven and walked one. 10 of the 20 balls in play against him were hit hard, including a 404-foot fly to center from Bryce Eldridge that would have been a homer in 12 ballparks. Oddly enough, though, the two hardest-hit balls off him were the double plays from Ramos. Pfaadt should make his next start Tuesday against the Dodgers.

Pfaadt gave up nine hits, walked one and struck out two. The 26-year-old right-hander has allowed at least four runs in three of his last four starts. Pfaadt has a 5.31 ERA and 131 strikeouts in 157 2/3 innings this year. He’s lined up to face the Giants at home next week.

Pfaadt scattered six hits on the night and didn’t walk a batter. The only blemish on his day came on an RBI single off the bat of Masataka Yoshida in the third inning. The 26-year-old right-hander got 13 whiffs on 96 pitches on the night, posting a strong CSW of 35 percent. Now 13-8 on the season, he’ll look to replicate this fine performance as he carries a 5.18 ERA, 1.38 WHIP and 129/33 K/BB ratio (153 innings) into Friday’s tilt against the Twins in Minneapolis.

Pfaadt struck out five batters on the day while issuing only one base on balls. The Dodgers jumped on him for a pair of runs in the opening inning, then added on single runs in the fourth and fifth before he mercifully exited. The 26-year-old right-hander got 11 swings and misses on 94 pitches on the day, posting a CSW of 26 percent. He’ll try to turn things around as he brings a disappointing 5.33 ERA, 1.39 WHIP and a 122/33 K/BB ratio (147 innings) into Saturday’s matchup against the Red Sox.

Pfaadt struck out four batters in the abbreviated outing and issued one free pass. The Brewers pushed one run across against him in the opening inning then piled on with five more while chasing him in the third, including a two-run bomb off the bat of William Contreras. The only reason he didn’t suffer a loss was because the Diamondbacks rallied to tie the game in the eighth inning to take him off the hook. The 26-year-old hurler will carry an unappealing 5.24 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and a 117/32 K/BB ratio (142 2/3 innings) into a brutal matchup against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Sunday.

A strong effort from Pfaadt went for naught, but that’s been a rarity this season for a guy who is 12-8 in spite of a 4.95 ERA. Pfaadt allowed five hits, walked one and struck out five. His 28 changeups produced five whiffs and seven balls in play, none of which were hit harder than 87 mph. Pfaadt’s next start will be his first of the year against the Brewers.

Pfaadt allowed eight hits, and he also issued two walks. One of those hits was a solo homer by Hunter Goodman, and he gave up another in the third and two in the fifth to bump his ERA up to 5.08. Pfaadt has allowed 19 hits over the last two starts, and will try and limit the knocks against the Guardians on Wednesday.

Pfaadt struck out just two batters on the day and didn’t allow a free pass. The Rockies scored two runs against him in the second inning on a two-run double by Adael Amador and they tacked on another on an RBI knock by Kyle Karros in the third. Pfaadt settled in after that though and finished his day with two scoreless innings. He got five whiffs on 77 pitches in the ballgame, posting an underwhelming CSW of only 17 percent. Now 12-7 on the season, he’ll carry a 5.03 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and a 104/28 K/BB ratio (127 innings) into a rematch against the Rockies in Colorado on Friday night.