Brandon Pfaadt got his first win tonight, in his 13th MLB start. He pitched great, and he deserved it. Of course, he deserved it last time, too, and we know how that turned out. But good lord, it wasn’t exactly easy.
Let’s be clear, though, Brandon did his job just fine. He took the mound against Cincinnati righthander Hunter Greene, who is a mildly terrifying fireballer who throws 100+ fastballs like it’s nothing. Greene got shelled on Sunday by Toronto, though, in his first start off the IL, and this was his second start, so it seemed not unreasonable to expect that Greene would be better.