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Rangers Sign Adrian Houser To Minors Contract

By Mark Polishuk | December 7, 2024 at 11:02am CDT

The Rangers have signed right-hander Adrian Houser to a minor league deal, according to Just Baseball Media’s Aram Leighton (via X).  The contract contains an invitation to the Rangers’ big league spring camp.

It was just under a year ago that the Mets acquired Houser and Tyrone Taylor from the Brewers, as New York president of baseball operations David Stearns looked to bolster the Mets’ roster with two familiar faces from his old position in Milwaukee.  Taylor delivered respectable production as part of New York’s outfield mix, but Houser had a much rougher time in the Big Apple, posting a 5.84 ERA over 69 1/3 innings.

Injuries to other pitchers opened the door for Houser to begin the season in the Mets’ rotation, and he temporarily moved back to starting pitching when the Mets briefly adopted a six-man rotation.  The splits were pretty stark — Houser had an 8.55 ERA in 33 2/3 innings as a starter and a 3.28 ERA in 35 2/3 innings as a reliever, with those bullpen assignments usually coming in multi-inning form.

While it seemed like Houser had found his groove as a long reliever, the Mets opted to designate him for assignment and then release him in late July.  The Cubs and Orioles each signed Houser to minor league contracts during the season but those deals failed to translate into any more big league playing time for the righty.

Houser has started 104 of his 152 career Major League games, delivering solid-to-passable results as a swingman for the Brewers for much of his career.  A grounder specialist whose career strikeout rate is only 18.5%, Houser’s results in 2024 could somewhat close the door on his usage as a starter, even if the Rangers could see value in having a swingman around as rotation depth.  Beyond just last year’s splits, Houser has a 2.32 ERA in 97 career innings as a reliever, as compared to a much less impressive 4.57 ERA in 511 2/3 frames as a starter.

Relief pitching is also a much more significant need for a Rangers team could lose most of its 2024 bullpen (Kirby Yates, David Robertson, Jose Leclerc, Jose Urena, and Andrew Chafin) to free agency, plus Josh Sborz will be out until at least the start of June due to offseason shoulder surgery.  A multi-inning reliever like Houser could eat some up valuable innings out of the bullpen, while also providing a rotation safety net.  The current Texas pitching staff of Jacob deGrom, Jon Gray, Tyler Mahle, Kumar Rocker, and Jack Leiter is full of health question marks or inexperienced arms, so in addition to depth signings like Houser, the Rangers are also hoping to re-sign at least one of Nathan Eovaldi or Andrew Heaney.

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18 Comments

  1. SanDiegoTom

    10 months ago

    Nice move for the rangers. I was hoping San Diego could give him a look.

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  2. swole_nash

    10 months ago

    He could be a good number 5 starter if he gets back to his 2021 or even 2023 version of himself

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  3. stymeedone

    10 months ago

    Its a low risk gamble with decent upside. Hope he makes it back to form.

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    Reply
  4. MLB Top 100 Commenter

    10 months ago

    29 other cities will be left unhoused.

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    • Wellthisshouldbeinteresting

      10 months ago

      Underrated comment.

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      Reply
  5. gilleb

    10 months ago

    How ’bout really addressing the major league staff?

    Reply
  6. padam

    10 months ago

    Young loves anyone who threw for the Mets, good or bad apparently.

    Reply
  7. bwmiller79

    10 months ago

    Leiter got flambayed in his debut, DeGrom is a big uncertainty, Rocker looks like a potential Ace but hasn’t had any success in the bigs.

    Dunning and Heaney have both been good. I’d bring back Dunning and Heaney who both pitched good innings with the Rangers in ’24 and let Eovaldi walk.

    DeGrom
    Rocker
    Dunning
    Heaney
    Leiter
    Hauser

    Lance Lynn fits in with that group, he’s a Texas guy, sign him up. Can’t lose those bullpen arms, I’d pay the pen and roll the dice on the starters.

    Reply
    • playhard9

      10 months ago

      Lance Lynn as likeable as he is, seems to be washed. Maybe could get him on the cheap.

      Reply
    • padam

      10 months ago

      Is that the IR list or the pitching rotation?

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    • Gentlemanbob

      10 months ago

      Bwmiller, your proposed starting pitching staff would be the worst in MLB by a wide margin. Better think some more. Eovaldi absolutely must be on that list.

      Reply
      • bwmiller79

        10 months ago

        Behind DeGrom he is the most established but I’d roll the dice on the rag tag group and bring back LeClerq and Yates. It’s a tough call. Be interesting to see how the Rangers handle it.

        Looks like Dunning is back on the roster. I think Heaney had some tough luck, nice SO numbers though. Could be decent in the bullpen if a starting role isn’t available.

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    • boltonbrutality

      10 months ago

      Dunning already signed back with the Rangers for 2.6M. Your list has so much uncertainty…where is Bradford in this list?

      Reply
  8. sad tormented neglected mariners fan

    10 months ago

    The rangers rotation could either be top 5 or bottom 5 in the league depending on injuries

    Reply
  9. Dumpster Divin Theo

    10 months ago

    “Take off you Houser”- Blue Jay fans

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  10. bjhaas1977

    10 months ago

    Good luck. I feel like if he had one more option left the Mets would have kept him around. Glad he’s getting another chance.

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  11. Texas Outlaw

    10 months ago

    I like this signing. RANGERS really need a multi inning bp arm.

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  12. JackStrawb

    10 months ago

    Not Stearns’ best work, dealing Coleman Crow for Houser and Taylor, who combined for 1.1 bWAR in 2024 for $7m in salary.

    It’ll be interesting to see how well Crow comes back from surgery. He has a MOR’s upside.

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