South Side Sox · Jul 3, 2025
Should I Stay or Should Go: Adrian Houser
In the tradition of Trooper Galactus’ fine offseason series at SSS in 2022, here’s a look at the case for trading at peak value or keeping breakout pitching star Adrian Houser beyond July 2025.
fWAR 1.1
rWAR 2.1
WARP 0.4
aWAR 1.2
The case for staying Houser has compiled an outrageous 1.2 aWAR in just SEVEN starts with the White Sox — none utterly brilliant (top game score 73, with an average 10-20 points better than average at FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference), but nothing terribly poor (one of seven below-average starts), either. He’s brought a consistency and stability as found money for the rotation, and has shown no signs that this current career bump is a mirage.