David Laurila posted his Sunday notes column, and he looks at a few prospects and what makes them good. One of them is Detroit’s Zac Houston:
In 32 relief appearances between low-A West Michigan and high-A Lakeland, the Mississippi State product fanned 91, and allowed just 27 hits, in 58 innings.
Houston is a two-pitch pitcher. His secondary offering is a slider — “kind of a slurve, depending on the day” — while his primary weapon is a four-seam fastball that sits 92-94 and occasionally ticks up to 97. Augmenting that asset is a delivery that helps it play up.
“I’ve got good extension on my fastball and it gets on hitters pretty well,” Houston explained to me during his stint in the Arizona Fall League. “I’ve had people say I almost jump towards the hitter. Everybody who watches me says my delivery is a little different. I guess there are just a lot of moving parts.”
The whole column is packed full of newsy goodness!
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