Austin Daniel Pruitt (born August 31, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.

He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, and Texas Rangers.

[2] The Tampa Bay Rays selected Pruitt in the ninth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.

[3] After signing, he made his professional debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades and was promoted to the Bowling Green Hot Rods in July.

[5] On March 30, 2017, the Tampa Bay Rays announced that Pruitt had made the 2017 Opening Day roster as a reliever.

In just his third career start, Pruitt hurled 6+1⁄3 scoreless innings against his hometown team — the Houston Astros.

[8] Pruitt ended the season with Tampa Bay with an ERA of 5.31 in 83+1⁄3 innings pitched, including eight starts.

[10] On January 9, 2020, the Rays traded Pruitt to the Houston Astros in exchange for Cal Stevenson and Peyton Battenfield.

[14] On July 28, 2021, the Astros traded Pruitt along with minor league outfielder Bryan De La Cruz for relief pitcher Yimi García.

[16] On August 7, Pruitt cleared waivers and was assigned outright to the Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.

He began the year with Triple-A Las Vegas, making 10 appearances and logging a 2.30 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 15.2 innings of work.