Category: Adrian Houser
AFL Salt River at Surprise 10.20.15
Notable Performances:
— Adrian Houser, the Brewers No. 27 prospect, put together a strong outing after a rough beginning. Houser didn’t look to have his best stuff and struggled with command in the first inning. However, after escaping that frame via Wisdom’s double play, Houser settled down and found his rhythm.
The right-hander allowed two hits over 3 1/3 shutout innings. He walked two and struckout one. In two AFL starts, Houser has totaled six innings and allowed no runs on three hits. Read more about Houser on MLBpipeline.com.
— Royals No. 5 prospect Bubba Starling notched a two-hit day his third multi-hit performance in five Arizona Fall League games.
Best Play:
Cardinals third baseman Patrick Wisdom, the club’s No. 12 prospect, showed off some defensive versatility right away as he turned a double play to end the top of the first. Wisdom caught a foul ball up against the stands down the left field line and promptly threw home to get the runner tagging from third. Scouts believe Wisdom has above-average arm strength and that play certainly supported that theory.
Worth Mentioning:
— D-backs No. 5 prospect Yoan Lopez followed up what was a relatively successful first AFL start with a disappointing one. The 22-year old allowed two earned runs across four innings in his first outing of the fall, but on Tuesday he lasted just 2 2/3 innings and gave up three runs on a walk and five hits.
Lopez looked good early, but lost command in the third as six of the first seven batters of the frame reached. Lack of command has plagued Lopez early in his career and it looks like that’s still the case. As for his stuff, Lopez’s fastball topped out at 96 MPH, his cutter sat at 88 MPH and his slider topped out at 85 MPH.
— Michael Reed, the Brewers No. 17 prospect – came through with an RBI single in the third, but finished just 1-for-4. Wisdom also had an RBI single and was 2-for-4 on the afternoon.