Austin Pruitt

Austin Pruitt did not factor into the decision after allowing zero baserunners while striking out two in five innings of Friday's 5-3 loss to the White Sox.

Fantasy Impact

Pruitt, who has been used as a reliever all season, shined as the starting arm for the A's on Friday by opening the game with five perfect innings. With this surprising showing, the right-hander lowered his ERA to 4.24 and his WHIP to 1.03 in 46 2/3 innings this season. It is unknown whether or not Oakland will consider keeping him in the rotation, but he definitely turned in a performance that would warrant that.

Austin Pruitt pitched 2/3 of an inning on Sunday, pitching a clean inning as he picked up the save in the Athletics' 5-3 win over the Mariners.

Fantasy Impact

Pruitt has not normally been used as a closer this season for the Athletics but on Sunday he came in and picked up his first save of the year. The Athletics' reliever has pitched to the tune of an 4.78 ERA with a WHIP of 1.17. The 32-year-old should be avoided in fantasy as he carries no fantasy relevance for the time being.

Austin Pruitt pitched the 12th inning on Wednesday, giving up one hit as he gave up an unearned run, taking the loss for the A's in a 5-4 game against the Angels.

Fantasy Impact

Pruitt took his first loss of the season on Wednesday as he gave up a run to the ghost runner in the top of the 12th. The Athletics reliever currently pitches to the tune of an 4.68 ERA with a WHIP of 1.16. The 32 year old has no saves this season and no wins, he has also struck out just 25 batters over 32 2/3 innings pitched and he should not be rostered at this time.

Astros reliever Austin Pruitt's poor outing on Wednesday paved the way for a Mariners victory. The 31-year-old retired one batter and surrendered a home run. His one earned run gave him the loss as Houston ultimately fell to Cleveland by a score of 5-4.

Fantasy Impact

Pruitt has allowed two runs, three hits, and zero walks while striking out one batter over 2.2 innings of work. He has made just two outings since returning from the 60-day injured list last Friday.

Austin Pruitt underwent surgery to repair a hairline fracture in his throwing elbow.

Fantasy Impact

Pruitt will be shut down from throwing for a while and will likely get a late start to the 2021 season.