Adrian Houser

30-Year-Old PitcherSP

Milwaukee Brewers

2023 Stats

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1-0

ERA

2.25

WHIP

1.25

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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

RANKSFrom Preseason

#599

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League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'3"

Weight 222

DOB 2/2/1993

Born Tahlequah, OK

College None

Drafted 2nd Rd 2011 HOU

Blanks Houston in win

PMilwaukee Brewers

May 24, 2023

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).

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Pitching Appearances Breakdown

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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold

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Left/Right Pitching Splits

Since 2021

-28%

BAA vs RHP

2023

-6%

BAA vs RHP

2022

-29%

BAA vs RHP

2021

-30%

BAA vs RHP

	BAA	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	3B	HR
Since 2021vs Left	.287	505	81	58	127	26	4	9
Since 2021vs Right	.208	632	107	57	115	20	0	12
2023vs Left	.278	38	6	1	10	2	0	0
2023vs Right	.262	45	8	3	11	2	0	1
2022vs Left	.307	203	34	22	55	13	2	5
2022vs Right	.217	252	35	25	48	11	0	3
2021vs Left	.273	264	41	35	62	11	2	4
2021vs Right	.192	335	64	29	56	7	0	8
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Home/Away Pitching Splits

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-27%

ERA at Home

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-42%

ERA on Road

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-40%

ERA at Home

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-23%

ERA at Home

	ERA	WHIP	IP	W	L	SV	K/9	BB/9	HR/9
Since 2021Home	3.18	1.26	141.2	7	8	0	6.7	3.7	0.8
Since 2021Away	4.38	1.44	123.1	10	8	0	6.0	4.2	0.7
2023Home	2.89	1.29	9.1	1	0	0	4.8	1.9	1.0
2023Away	1.69	1.22	10.2	0	0	0	7.6	1.7	0.0
2022Home	3.68	1.30	58.2	3	5	0	6.3	3.7	0.6
2022Away	6.14	1.68	44.0	3	5	0	5.7	4.7	0.8
2021Home	2.81	1.24	73.2	3	3	0	7.3	3.9	0.9
2021Away	3.67	1.33	68.2	7	3	0	5.9	4.2	0.7
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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

3.50

K/9

6.3

BB/9

1.8

HR/9

0.5

Fastball

93.8 mph

ERA

2.25

WHIP

1.25

BABIP

.321

GB/FB

2.50

Left On Base

84.7%

Exit Velocity

82.1 mph

Barrels/BBE

2.5%

Spin Rate

2079 rpm

Balls Hit 95+ MPH

25.6%

Swinging Strike

7.5%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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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.

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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Six scoreless in no-decision

PMilwaukee Brewers

May 20, 2023

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.