Former Rutgers baseball player Brian Fitzpatrick was called up from Triple-A Nashville to the MLB’s Milwaukee Brewers last night, pitching 1.1 innings in the team’s April 29th game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was the first time that a former Scarlet Knight appeared in an MLB game since both Brian O’Grady and Patrick Kivlehan played for the Padres in 2021. This is also the first Rutgers call-up to the MLB since O’Grady did it in 2019.
A 10th-round pick in the 2022 MLB Draft by the Brewers,
Fitzpatrick has appeared in 81 games across all levels of the Brewers farm system, posting a 3.49 ERA in 172.2 innings.
In his first game for the Brewers, he pitched for 1.1 innings, surrendering 2 hits and 1 walk with zero strikeouts over that time. Arizona would end up winning the game 6-2, tallying four runs in the fourth inning alone.
Fitzpatrick started the 2026 season strong for Nashville, posting a 0.00 ERA in 10.1 innings with 11 strikeouts to just two walks, earning him the call-up to the major leagues.
During his senior season for Rutgers in 2022, he posted a 3-1 record with a 3.91 ERA, 28 strikeouts, and 9 walks in 23 innings. The last game of his collegiate career was a win over Indiana in the Big Ten tournament, where he posted four shutout innings and six strikeouts en route to the Knights’ victory.
