Married Becca...has one son: Bentley...Attended TCU in Forth Worth, Texas...went 9-3 with a 2.04 ERA in his junior season to help lead the Horned Frogs to the 2014 College World Series...ranked third in NCAA Division I with 134 strikeouts in 2014...earned multiple-America honors as a junior...was honorable mention All-Big 12 as a sophomore...Played for the 2013 USA Baseball national collegiate team...Is a 2011 graduate of Southwest (Texas) H.S....earned three varsity baseball letters and was All-State as a senior...His brother, Jonathan, played baseball at Western Texas College and his father, Gary, played baseball at TCU.
2021
Spent the entire season with Class AAA Louisville...made 39 relief appearances and one start...Recorded multiple strikeouts in 18 of his outings...recorded an 11-game and 15.0 IP scoreless streak from 6/19-7/24.
2020
Attended minor league spring training camp in Goodyear...on 8/7 was added to the Reds’ 60-player pool roster and spent the rest of Summer Camp at the alternate training site...was not on the Reds’ 40-player Postseason roster.
2019
Made all of his pitching apps for Class AA Chattanooga...on Opening Day was designated for assignment, along with RHP Matt Wisler, to make room on the 40-man roster for IF/OF Derek Dietrich and SS José Iglesias...on 4/2 cleared waivers and was outrighted to Chattanooga, then was transferred to Rookie Billings...on 6/13 was transferred to Class AAA Louisville’s roster but did not appear in a game for the Bats...on 7/25 was transferred to Chattanooga, where he spent the rest of the season
2018
Spent most of the season at Louisville but from 4/14-5/6 went 0-3, 7.40 in his 5 starts for the Reds...began the season on the Reds' 10-day disabled list with a left biceps strain suffered during spring training...made a rehab start vs Columbus on 4/9, then came off the DL the day of his Reds season debut in a 6-1 loss on 4/14 vs StL...was optioned to Louisville on 5/10, 2 days after the Reds acquired RHP Matt Harvey from the Mets in exchange for C Devin Mesoraco, and spent the rest of the minor league season with the Bats...for the Bats, made his first 8 apps as a starter and 19 of his last 20 apps in relief...went 2-6, 7.24 in his first 8 starts, then made 19 consecutive relief apps before he started again in his final appearance of the season...on 5/21 at Indianapolis became the first Bats pitcher to homer since Daryl Thompson on 6/11/2011.
2017
On 4/14/17 turned just 24 years old but pitched in his fourth Major League season after making his second consecutive Opening Day roster...made 4 starts around a pair of stints on the disabled list, from 4/16-6/25 with a strained left lat/trapezius and from 6/28 through the remainder of the season with a strained teres major...both stints included time on the 60-day DL (5/16-6/25, 7/2-10/1)...on 7/7 had season-ending surgery to repair a dislocated right shoulder, an injury suffered away from the field...prior to his first disabling made starts of 7.0, 2.+ and 1.0 inning...after 3 rehabilitation starts for Pensacola and Louisville came off the disabled list for a start 6/26 at Wsh...was injured in the fourth inning and 2 days later was disabled for the rest of the year...in his first start, a 2-0 win on 4/5 vs Phi in the Reds' second game of the season, allowed only 1 walk and Maikel Franco's first-inning single...became the first Reds pitcher to throw at least 7.0 shutout innings while while allowing no more than 1 hit in his first start of a season since Jerry Arrigo in 1967...the Reds went 3-1 in his 4 starts.
2016
In his first full Major League season, among National League leaders ranked second in walks allowed and fourth in HR allowed...in the second half averaged 9.17 strikeouts per 9 innings, the seventh-best ratio among qualifyig NL pitchers...tied RHP Dan Straily for the staff lead in starts and ranked second to Straily in wins, innings pitched and strikeouts...produced 15 quality starts, second on the staff to Straily's 20 quality starts...5 times was the victim of blown saves, the most on the staff...in his last 7 starts beginning 8/20 held opponents to a .199 batting average and posted a 1.93 ERA, dropping his season ERA to 3.98 from 4.54...became 1 of only 5 Reds pitchers to begin a season with 2 consecutive starts of at least 6.0 innings with 3 or fewer hits (Gary Nolan 1968, Dennys Reyes 1998, Steve Avery 1999, Jeff Austin 2003)...his career-high 12 strikeouts (6ip) on 8/26 at Ari were the most by a Reds pitcher since Raisel Iglesias had 13 strikeouts on 8/23/15, also vs the Diamondbacks...twice took no-hitters into the seventh inning...on 4/11 at Wrigley Field, in just his sixth career start didn't allow a hit until former Red David Ross singled with 2 outs in the seventh...on 8/20 vs LAD, didn't allow a hit until Adrian Gonzalez singled to lead off the seventh...started the 16-0 loss on 4/21 vs Cubs in which Jake Arrieta threw his second career no-hitter...his 1-0 loss on 5/23 at LAD was the first complete game by a Reds lefthander since Lance Davis beat the Tigers on 7/16/01 at Cinergy Field...Finnegan's CG snapped a streak in which 25 Reds lefthanders made 339 regular-season starts without finishing a game...in that 1-0 loss to the Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw also threw a complete game (9ip, 2h, 1bb, 7k)...on 8/14 vs StL, during one stretch retired a career-best 13 straight batters...from 7/29-8/9 produced a 13-inning scoreless streak, the longest of his career...recorded his first career hit on 4/6 vs Phi (single off Aaron Nola) and his first career RBI on 4/11 at Chi (RBI-single off Jon Lester).
2015
On 7/26 was acquired from the Royals, along with LHP John Lamb and LHP Cody Reed, in exchange for RHP Johnny Cueto...was 1 of 9 rookie pitchers who combined for 110 starts for the Reds, both single-season modern club records...the Reds' season-ending streak of 64 consecutive starts by rookies, beginning 7/29, is a modern Major League record...was promoted from Louisville on 9/8 as 1 of 6 roster additions... made his first 2 apps for the Reds in relief (2.2ip, 0h) before finishing the season with 4 straight starts (4.71era)...on 9/18 at Mil earned the 5-3 win in his first career start...became the ninth rookie pitcher to start for the Reds to establish the new single-season modern franchise record...earned his other win in his final appearance, a 3-1 victory on 10/3 at Pit in the season's 161st game.
2014
Brandon had an eventful season, reaching the Majors after being selected 17th overall in the 2014 June Draft...Made his Major League debut on September 6 at Yankee Stadium, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings with strikeouts of Jacoby Ellsbury and Derek Jeter...Became just the third Royals draft pick to debut in the same season that he was selected, joining Bo Jackson (4th round, 1986) and Jeff Granger (1st round, 1993)...Pitched at High-A Wilmington and Double-A Northwest Arkansas before having his contract selected by the Royals on September 1...Became the first player to participate in the MLB World Series and the College World Series in the same year... Pitched in seven postseason games, including two outings during the World Series...went 1-1 in postseason action, posting a 10.50 ERA...Earned his first professional victory in Game 2 of the ALDS at Angel Stadium...He became the first Royals rookie to win a playoff game and the youngest (21 years, 172 days) pitcher overall to win a postseason game...Just the fifth Major League pitcher to earn his first win in the playoffs and first since David Price (2008).
