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2026 Baseball Roster

30 Payton Pudenz

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 164
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Mesa, Ariz.
  • Prev School Yavapai College

Biography

2026 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Made 22 appearances on the mound, all out of the bullpen…Tied for second on CSUB in appearances…Finished 0-0 with a 5.65 ERA and 1.33 WHIP across 14.1 innings, striking out 15 batters while allowing 15 hits, 10 runs, 9 earned runs, and just 4 walks…Held opponents to a .278 batting average…Posted a 5.06 ERA in Big West play, striking out 6 batters across 5.1 conference innings without issuing a walk…Finished perfect defensively with a 1.000 fielding percentage, recording 1 putout with no errors…Threw 1.0 inning with 1 strikeout vs. Southern Indiana (Feb. 14)…Tossed 0.2 hitless, scoreless innings with 1 strikeout in win at UC Riverside (Apr. 26)…Fired 1.0 perfect inning with 2 strikeouts at UC Irvine (May 16)...


PRIOR TO CSUB: Competed for a season at Allen CC and Yavapai CC…Coached by Clint Stoy and Patrick Woods…Played 64 innings with 64 strikeouts and a 6.8 ERA in 2024…Pitched 13.2 innings with a 3.24 ERA in 2025…Named twice to the Deans List and Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2023 graduate of Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Ariz.…Coached by Rob Gorrell…Named to the First-Team East Valley Region…3.24 career ERA with 89 strikeouts…Regional champ in 2021 and 2022.

PERSONAL: A Business Management major who plans on being a pilot.

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