Hunter Brown Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 220 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 8/29/1998 (25)
- Experience
- 2
- College
- Wayne State
Hunter Brown Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Hunter Brown News
Houston Astros right-hander Hunter Brown is being moved up to start on Sunday against the Washington Nationals after the team scratched right-hander Cristian Javier (neck) from his scheduled start due to neck discomfort. Brown was previously scheduled to make his next start on Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs. The 25-year-old will be on a typical four days of rest, so he shouldn't have any limitations on Sunday against the Nats. Brown has an ugly 10.54 ERA (6.67 FIP) and 2.78 WHIP with 10 walks and 11 strikeouts over 13 2/3 innings in his four starts for Houston, but he did have his first quality start in his last outing against the Atlanta Braves, when he gave up two runs with three walks and three K's in six innings on April 16. Brown will be hoping to make it two straight strong outings on Sunday.
Houston Astros starting pitcher Hunter Brown bounced back into form on Tuesday versus the Atlanta Braves. In his previous start, Brown didn't make it out of the first inning and allowed 11 hits on nine runs. It was a much better performance Tuesday as earned a quality start by going six innings and allowing five hits, two runs, three walks and striking out three. The three walks weren't ideal, but it was nice to see Brown get back on track after such an abysmal outing his previous time on the mound. Brown still got stuck with the loss as the Astros offense didn't help and falls to 0-3 with a 10.54 ERA. Next up will be a matchup versus the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. The Cubs draw plenty of walks and this isn't an ideal matchup for Brown.
Houston Astros right-hander Hunter Brown had a start to forget on Thursday against the Kansas City Royals. The 25-year-old was crushed for nine runs on 11 hits in the first inning of the contest. Brown got the hook after recording only two outs, making it the shortest start of his young career. It has been a harrowing start to the season for the former top prospect. Brown now owns an ugly 16.43 ERA through three starts and has yet to go deeper than four innings into a game. Brown has the pedigree to turn things around, but it will be tough to trust him in his next start against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.
Batting Order
1 | Jose Altuve |
2 | Alex Bregman |
3 | Yordan Alvarez |
4 | Kyle Tucker |
5 | Yainer Diaz |
6 | Jeremy Peña |
7 | Jon Singleton |
8 | Victor Caratini |
9 | Jake Meyers |
Hunter Brown Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Jose Altuve |
2 | Alex Bregman |
3 | Yordan Alvarez |
4 | Kyle Tucker |
5 | Yainer Diaz |
6 | Jeremy Peña |
7 | Jon Singleton |
8 | Victor Caratini |
9 | Jake Meyers |
A surface-level analysis would suggest that Hunter Brown is a great sleeper for 2024. His 5.09 ERA masked a 3.52 xFIP across his 155 IP, his 26.8 K% and 8.3 BB% were solid, and his .330 BABIP, 68.8% strand rate, and 21% HR/FB appear primed for positive regression. Brown also pitches for Houston, so improvement on last season's 11-13 record seems likely. Unfortunately, Brown's stuff doesn't support last season's peripherals. His fastball averaged 95.7 mph, but its 2,240-RPM spin rate rendered it average by results (8.8 SwStr%, 57.1 Zone%). His slider behaved like more of a fastball than a breaking pitch with a 9.3 SwStr%, 54.8 Zone%, and 23.9% chase rate. Brown's changeup had a 14.6 SwStr% but lacked consistency with a 33.8 Zone% and 24.4% chase rate, and his curve was similar with a 15 SwStr% but 39 Zone% and 34.5% chase rate. It's certainly possible that Brown enjoys a breakout campaign in his age-25 season, but it's just as likely his K% declines and he becomes more of an innings eater. Brown's ADP of 190.62 is comparable to other promising yet uncertain arms such as Bryan Woo (189.14) and Nick Pivetta (190.37), so Brown is appropriately priced.