![]() ![]() Someone like Tanner Bibee or Mason Miller, you see that slider or that fastball and you go “wow that’s a filthy pitch.” Pfaadt is one of those pitchers who looks like he’s more about the sum of his parts rather than one or two specific pitches. I’m not ready to throw everything out on Pfaadt after one start, but I’m also probably not starting him in his next start (assuming that start happens) until I see a bit more from him. Is that because of nerves? I’d say that definitely plays a part. He had a great walk rate in the minors, but his control and command were all over the place in this start. Like I said at the top, one of the big selling points on Pfaadt was his control. So does this mean all the Brandon Pfaadt hype was for nothing? That he’s not the ace we hoped he be? Of course not, it’s one start, it’s his first start in the majors, and if you were watching his face the entire start, the man looked very nervous (though maybe that’s just his natural expression, I don’t know). In fact, it’s not just the home runs, here’s a fun fact:Įvery Rangers hitter had a hard hit ball against Pfaadt /I2QROg9YNb It’s no wonder Pfaadt gave up four home runs when he’s throwing meatballs like that. That’s a lot of pitches over the heart of the plate. Pfaadt showcased some serious command issues. none of it looks particularly overwhelming to me and 2. So there’s stuff here, there’s no doubt about it, but 1. In this start, Pfaadt’s fastball averaged 2,471 RPM, which, if he averaged that all year, would be int he top-15 in all of the majors in average spin for a four-seamer. That slider looks like his best pitch while the changeup looks like a decent complementary pitch and the fastball, while the velocity isn’t what I’d like it to be, it’s got a ton of spin. With Pfaadt, there’s not really one single pitch that really hits me. So, I’ve done a lot of GIF breakdowns (especially so far this year), and oftentimes I’ll come away from one of these, even if a pitcher has a bad day, and say “hey, I can see why this guy is in the majors, look at this pitch or that pitch.” For some context, had Pfaadt posted that 4.8% walk rate in the majors last year, he would’ve been tied with Miles Mikolas for the 10th-best walk rate in all of baseball.Īs always, I love to see what pitch a rookie chooses as their first pitch in the majors, so here’s Pfaadt’s:įastball pretty much over the heart of the plate and Jung has another home run-101.5 MPH, 400 feet.Īnd that’s the end of Brandon Pfaadt’s day.įinal line: 4.2 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 87 pitches Pfaadt has shown an impressive ability to balance strikeouts with control in the minors so far, posting a 31.6% strikeout rate last year between Double- and Triple-A alongside a 4.8% walk rate. The scouting report on Pfaadt says he’s got a fastball that floats around 93 to 94 MPH, a mid-80s slider with sweeping movement he utilizes quite often, a mid-80s changeup with good arm-side run, and an upper-70s show-me curveball that doesn’t really get used all that much. Pfaadt was drafted by the Diamondbacks in the fifth round of the 2020 MLB Draft and has looked really good in the minors so far, posting a 3.83 ERA last year between Double- and Triple-A with 218 strikeouts, marking the first time a minor league pitcher has struck out over 200 batters in a season since 2011. But he’s here now and at least we have that.īefore we dive into the debut, here’s the scouting report on Pfaadt coming into the game. Today, we’re going to take a look at Brandon Pfaadt’s MLB debut, a debut that has been much anticipated this year, as Pfaadt was a guy many people (myself included) had hoped would make the Diamondbacks’ rotation out of spring training. “Generally, when the industry talks about an ad product scaling, it’s less about, can it actually scale and more about can we dumb it down enough to fit into existing media plans without introducing more creative development.I’m here with another GIF Breakdown of yet another top pitching prospect who’s making his debut ( feels like we’ve been getting a lot of those recently, haven’t we?). “The future of ad creative is building into platforms, in ways that consumers will appreciate,” said Schafer. millennial males. It has already started growing its ad business with a team that works with brands like Old Spice and eBay to craft long Imgur posts. Imgur claims it has 150 million monthly users and is second only to Facebook in daily visits from U.S. Its ad products are not materially different than the consumer product.” That requires an understanding of this particular platform that not every brand or agency or individual has,” said Ian Schafer, founder of Deep Focus, which was among the agencies Imgur visited in the past month on its roadshow. “Grasping Imgur first means having the ability to be empathetic to the way people use a particular platform.
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