Peyton Cole Battenfield (born August 10, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
The Houston Astros selected Battenfield in the ninth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.
[2][3] He made his professional debut that season with the Tri-City ValleyCats, going 2–1 with a 1.60 earned run average over 14 starts.
[4] On January 9, 2020, the Astros traded Battenfield and Cal Stevenson to the Tampa Bay Rays for Austin Pruitt.
[6] Battenfield began the 2021 with the High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods before being promoted to the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits.
On July 30, 2021, the Rays traded Battenfield to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jordan Luplow and D. J.
On the year, he started 28 games for Columbus, posting an 8-6 record and 3.63 ERA with 109 strikeouts in 153.2 innings pitched.