Adrian Houser

Adrian Houser

32-Year-Old PitcherSP
Chicago White Sox
2025 Fantasy Outlook
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$Signed a one-year, $1.35 million contract with the White Sox in May of 2025.
Unscored upon through two starts
PChicago White Sox
May 26, 2025
Houser logged a no-decision against the Mets on Monday, allowing three hits and issuing one walk while striking out six batters over six-plus innings.
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The Mets appeared mystified against Houser throughout most of Monday's matchup, as they managed to put just two runners on base over the first six innings. The veteran right-hander bent a bit in the seventh, allowing the first two New York batters to reach base, and was subsequently pulled; however, Chicago's bullpen was able to strand both runners to keep Houser unscored upon through two starts covering 12 frames with the team. It's been an improbable beginning to Houser's White Sox tenure, as he hasn't finished with an ERA below 4.12 in the majors since 2021 and was stuck in the Rangers' minor-league system to begin this year until being released May 15. He's earned a continued spot in Chicago's rotation and is tentatively scheduled to face Baltimore his next time out.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
95
Last 10 Games
95
Last 5 Games
95
How many pitches does Adrian Houser generally throw?
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-2%
BAA vs LHP
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-56%
BAA vs RHP
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-1%
BAA vs RHP
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-3%
BAA vs LHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .263 402 70 43 93 25 0 13
Since 2023vs Right .268 431 79 27 107 18 1 8
2025vs Left .160 27 5 2 4 2 0 0
2025vs Right .071 16 3 2 1 0 0 0
2024vs Left .274 155 19 18 37 12 0 5
2024vs Right .270 154 26 14 37 11 0 3
2023vs Left .268 220 46 23 52 11 0 8
2023vs Right .277 261 50 11 69 7 1 5
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-24%
ERA at Home
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-49%
ERA at Home
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-1%
ERA on Road
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2023Home 3.90 1.32 101.2 6 3 1 6.9 3.9 0.9
Since 2023Away 5.14 1.49 91.0 4 7 0 7.0 2.6 1.1
2025Home 0.00 0.83 6.0 1 0 0 3.0 4.5 0.0
2025Away 0.00 0.67 6.0 0 0 0 9.0 1.5 0.0
2024Home 4.12 1.35 39.1 1 1 1 5.7 4.6 0.7
2024Away 8.10 1.77 30.0 0 4 0 6.0 3.6 1.5
2023Home 4.15 1.35 56.1 4 2 0 8.1 3.4 1.1
2023Away 4.09 1.44 55.0 4 3 0 7.4 2.1 1.0
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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.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
2.00
 
K/9
6.0
 
BB/9
3.0
 
HR/9
0.0
 
Fastball
94.6 mph
 
ERA
0.00
 
WHIP
0.75
 
BABIP
.162
 
GB/FB
2.13
 
Left On Base
100.0%
 
Exit Velocity
83.9 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
0.0%
 
Spin Rate
2175 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
23.1%
 
Swinging Strike
9.5%
 
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Houser's time in Milwaukee has come to an end as the club traded him to the Mets in December. The right-hander reached his apex in the Brewers organization in 2021 when he went 10-6 with a 3.22 ERA and 1.28 WHIP over 142.1 innings. He has been unable to replicate the results or the workload in the years since, though 2023 was mostly a positive season around stints on the injured list due to groin and elbow issues. Houser took the ball 23 times (21 starts) and cut his walk rate down to the lowest mark of his career. He might be a good fit in spacious Citi Field given his heavy sinker-slider approach. The modest strikeout rate leaves him on the fringes in most fantasy leagues, but Houser should be in the Opening Day rotation for the Mets in 2024.
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.
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.
A strong finish to end the 2019 season earned Houser a spot in the Brewers' rotation last season, and he picked up where he left off, giving up just one run over his first two outings. However, things went south from there, as he failed to make it past the five-inning mark in eight of his final nine starts and posted a 6.70 ERA over that span. After averaging over a strikeout per inning in the previous campaign, Houser averaged just 7.1 K/9 last year, and he also had trouble keeping runners off the bases and the ball in the park. The Brewers did not address their rotation over the offseason, so Houser is a good bet to break camp with a starting spot. To hang onto it, he will need to find more zip on his fastball and slider after both dropped off a year ago.
Houser spent all but one day in the minors during the first month of last season, but he was recalled for good in early May, and was surprisingly one of the Brewers' best pitchers during the 2019 campaign, both in relief and as a starter. After two impressive months out of the bullpen Houser joined the rotation in late June. He took some lumps early, but he was stellar over his last 10 starts, posting a 3.02 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 9.8 K/9 -- numbers that put him in prime position to open next season somewhere in the middle of the Brewers' rotation. Houser brings a mid-90s fastball and a quality curveball to the table, and he kept hitters off balance last season by mixing in a slider and changeup. Houser was once the least-heralded prospect in the deal that sent Josh Hader to the Brewers and Carlos Gomez to the Astros, but if he can repeat his late-season surge, he could really make a name for himself in 2020.
Houser was just one of the many former Astros plucked away to Milwaukee by new(ish) Brewers general manager David Stearns, who worked under Jeff Luhnow in Houston's front office. Despite a 5.25 ERA, Houser had solid peripherals in his first 13 starts of 2016 down at Double-A, thanks to an acceptable 56:22 K:BB over 70.1 innings. Unfortunately his season was ended by Tommy John surgery in July, which will keep him out for most, if not all of 2017. He turns 24 in February, so Houser will have time to get his career back on track. However, this is a very untimely development for Houser, whose performance in the 2015 Arizona Fall League had many believing he could be a part of the Brewers future plans sooner rather than later. His likely future role is a back-of-the-rotation arm or middle reliever, so given the elbow surgery, he can be ignored in almost all dynasty leagues.
The Brewers received Houser as part of the deal that sent Carlos Gomez to the Astros at the trade deadline in July. Houser struggled at Double-A in the Astros system, as hitters tagged him for six home runs in five starts. Things cleared up for him after the trade, as Houser struck out 32 batters in 37 innings for the Brewers and went on to pitch a solid 25.1 innings (3.51 ERA, 19 strikeouts) in the Arizona Fall League. He has a big fastball that reaches into the upper-90s and that gives the Brewers reason to dream on his upside, but he has yet to show the control or command of a secondary pitch that he'll need to succeed as a starter. He'll likely begin 2016 with another tour of Double-A.
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Blanks Mariners in 2025 debut
PChicago White Sox
May 21, 2025
Houser (1-0) earned the win over the Mariners on Tuesday after throwing six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and three walks while striking out two.
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Gets MLB deal from White Sox
PChicago White Sox
May 20, 2025
The White Sox signed Houser to a one-year, $1.35 million contract Tuesday.
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Released by Texas
PFree Agent
May 15, 2025
Houser was granted his release by the Rangers on Thursday, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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Inks minors deal with Rangers
PTexas Rangers
December 7, 2024
Houser signed a minor-league contract with the Rangers on Saturday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
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Nets MiLB deal with Baltimore
PBaltimore Orioles
August 31, 2024
Houser agreed to a minor-league contract with the Orioles on Saturday, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
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Signing with South Siders?
PFree Agent
May 19, 2025
The White Sox are close to signing Houser to a major-league contract, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
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Houser was released from his minor-league contract by the Rangers on Thursday after registering a 5.03 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 37:15 K:BB across 39.1 innings with Triple-A Round Rock. He started in seven regular-season games for the Mets in 2024 and posted a 8.55 ERA across seven starts, but Murray notes that Houser was more effective out of the bullpen, where he recorded a 3.28 ERA in 34.2 innings. Houser could be used out of the White Sox's bullpen to serve as a long reliever who can make the occasional start.
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