Justin Bruihl (born June 26, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
He tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow early in his junior season and had Tommy John surgery.
[2] Bruihl enrolled at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he played college baseball for the Cal Poly Mustangs.
He led the team with 25 appearances as a freshman and had a 1–3 win–loss record with a 4.88 earned run average (ERA) and 27 strikeouts over 31+1⁄3 innings pitched.
[6] After beginning the 2021 season with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers, Bruihl was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers on June 1, 2021.
[11] Bruihl was left off the postseason roster for the first two rounds but added for the 2021 National League Championship Series,[12] where he pitched two scoreless innings allowing only one hit while striking out five batters.