2023 Stats
W-L
1-0
ERA
2.25
WHIP
1.25
K
14
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Houser remained a fixture in the Brewers' rotation in 2022, finishing top-4 among Brewers pitchers in starts for a third straight year. However, he missed nearly two months with an elbow injury and was not particularly effective when he was out there, as both his ERA and WHIP were notably higher than they were in 2021. Houser took most of his lumps against left-handed hitters and on the road, as his splits against righties and at home were palatable or better. The Brewers have five other pitchers capable of breaking camp in the rotation, so despite his reliability Houser will not be guaranteed a spot, especially after the offseason signing of Wade Miley. Even if he comes away with one, it might be tough to believe in a bounceback, as although his velocity has remained steady, he will be entering his age-30 season and both his K/9 and BB/9 have trended the wrong direction three years running. Read Past Outlooks

Blanks Houston in win
Houser (1-0) earned the win Wednesday, allowing two hits and one walk across 5.1 scoreless innings during a 4-0 win over the Astros. He struck out three.
ANALYSIS
Houser allowed back-to-back hitters to reach with two outs in the first, but he ended the inning by retiring Jose Abreu. Including Abreu, the right-hander retired 14 straight batters before Mauricio Dubon reached on an error in the sixth. Alex Bregman followed that up with a double, but Joel Payamps was able to keep Houser's ledger clean by getting back-to-back outs to end the threat. When Houser's inducing grounders like he was Wednesday, he's tough to crack, and after struggling in his first two starts of the season, he's tossed 11.1 scoreless innings over his last two outings. Houser holds a modest 14:4 K:BB across four appearances (20 innings).
Houser allowed back-to-back hitters to reach with two outs in the first, but he ended the inning by retiring Jose Abreu. Including Abreu, the right-hander retired 14 straight batters before Mauricio Dubon reached on an error in the sixth. Alex Bregman followed that up with a double, but Joel Payamps was able to keep Houser's ledger clean by getting back-to-back outs to end the threat. When Houser's inducing grounders like he was Wednesday, he's tough to crack, and after struggling in his first two starts of the season, he's tossed 11.1 scoreless innings over his last two outings. Houser holds a modest 14:4 K:BB across four appearances (20 innings).
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
83
Last 10 Games
83
Last 5 Games
83
How many pitches does Adrian Houser generally throw?
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What part of the game does Adrian Houser generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-28%
BAA vs RHP
2023
-6%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .287 | 81 | 58 | 127 | 9 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .208 | 107 | 57 | 115 | 12 | |||
2023vs Left | .278 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
2023vs Right | .262 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | |||
2022vs Left | .307 | 34 | 22 | 55 | 5 | |||
2022vs Right | .217 | 35 | 25 | 48 | 3 | |||
2021vs Left | .273 | 41 | 35 | 62 | 4 | |||
2021vs Right | .192 | 64 | 29 | 56 | 8 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-27%
ERA at Home
2023
-42%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 3.18 | 1.26 | 141.2 | 6.7 | 3.7 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 4.38 | 1.44 | 123.1 | 6.0 | 4.2 | ||||
2023Home | 2.89 | 1.29 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 1.9 | ||||
2023Away | 1.69 | 1.22 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 1.7 | ||||
2022Home | 3.68 | 1.30 | 58.2 | 6.3 | 3.7 | ||||
2022Away | 6.14 | 1.68 | 44.0 | 5.7 | 4.7 | ||||
2021Home | 2.81 | 1.24 | 73.2 | 7.3 | 3.9 | ||||
2021Away | 3.67 | 1.33 | 68.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Adrian Houser compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.50K/9
6.3BB/9
1.8HR/9
0.5Fastball
93.8 mphERA
2.25WHIP
1.25BABIP
.321GB/FB
2.50Left On Base
84.7%Exit Velocity
82.1 mphBarrels/BBE
2.5%Spin Rate
2079 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.6%Swinging Strike
7.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Houser had his best season to date with a career high in innings pitched and a career-low 3.22 ERA. It's a little surprising he excelled. While he was able to maintain a groundball rate close to 60% (59.0 GB% last season), his K-BB% declined for the second straight season (17.3% to 9.3% to 6.8%). His K-BB% was fourth lowest among the 68 pitchers who threw at least 140 innings. Most of his struggles came after Major League Baseball started enforcing the ban on foreign substances; his curveball averaged over 1900 rpm in April and was down around 1750 in July. Houser only posted a 5.5 K/9 in the second with no late signs of a rebound. His success is predicated on the defense behind him getting to the groundballs he generates.
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Six scoreless in no-decision
Houser did not factor into the decision Friday, tossing six scoreless innings in which he allowed four hits and one walk during a 1-0 loss to the Rays. He struck out four.
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Goes just four innings Saturday
Houser allowed three runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out two batters over four-plus innings in a no-decision against Kansas City on Saturday.
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Stays in rotation
Brewers manager Craig Counsell confirmed that Houser is slated to start Saturday's game against the Royals at American Family Field, Sophia Minnaert of Bally Sports Wisconsin reports.
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Solid in return
Houser allowed two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out five over 4.2 innings, taking a no-decision versus the Giants on Sunday.
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Reinstated to start Sunday
Houser (groin) was activated from the 15-day injured list to start Sunday against the Giants, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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