Adolis García vs Brandon Pfaadt

The Almanac's Take

García is in a rough stretch — .189/.251/.562 OPS through 247 PA this season, with a 33.6% strikeout rate that makes a righty-on-righty matchup against Pfaadt harder to sell. No platoon edge here either, so the read leans on Pfaadt's own shakiness: 4.88 ERA and 1.31 WHIP across 59 innings isn't a shutdown arm. The 12-PA head-to-head is too thin to mean anything, though García's 96.8 avg exit velocity in those meetings suggests he's made decent contact when he's connected. This one comes down to whether García's bat wakes up against a hittable but not generous righty.

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