Adolis García vs Brandon Pfaadt

The Almanac's Take

García is in rough shape this season — .188/.255/.537 OPS across 220 PA, with a 32.3% strikeout rate that makes a pitcher matchup feel less relevant than his own swing right now. Pfaadt is a righty-on-righty matchup with no platoon edge for García, and Pfaadt's 6.39 ERA and 1.5 WHIP suggest he's hittable in general, even if García hasn't been the one doing it. The 12-PA head-to-head is noise — 0-for-10 with 3 strikeouts, though that 96.8 mph average exit velocity says the contact, when it's come, hasn't been soft. This one reads as two struggling players where the season numbers, not the matchup, are the whole story.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.000

0-for-10

PA

12

HR

0

K

3

BB

2

Pitches seen

53

Avg exit velo

96.8 mph

Career meetings in the Statcast era (2015–present). Even a clear edge over a handful of plate appearances is a small sample — read it as color, not a projection.

Pitch mix to the batter

Plate-appearance log

• 2026-04-11Strikeout · Cutter 89.2 mph
• 2026-04-11Hit By Pitch · Sweeper 82.4 mph
• 2026-04-11Walk · Sinker 92.8 mph
• 2024-05-28Strikeout · Sweeper 86.2 mph
• 2024-05-28Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 93.1 mph · 96.1 mph EV
• 2024-05-28Field Out · Sinker 92.9 mph · 92.7 mph EV
• 2023-10-30Walk · Sweeper 85.2 mph
• 2023-10-30Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 94.2 mph
• 2023-10-30Field Out · Changeup 88.2 mph · 104.1 mph EV
• 2023-05-03Sac Fly · 4-Seam Fastball 93.4 mph · 96.4 mph EV
• 2023-05-03Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 91.5 mph · 94.4 mph EV
• 2023-05-03Field Out · Sweeper 84.1 mph · 96.8 mph EV