Spencer Arrighetti

Spencer Arrighetti
Houston Astros – No. 41
Pitcher
Born: (2000-01-02) January 2, 2000 (age 24)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 10, 2024, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
(through August 28, 2024)
Win–loss record7–11
Earned run average4.63
Strikeouts151
Teams

Spencer Zane Arrighetti (born January 2, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.

Amateur career

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Arrighetti attended Cinco Ranch High School in Katy, Texas, and played college baseball at TCU, Navarro College, and Louisiana.[1] As a freshman at TCU, Arrighetti made 16 appearances (1 start), striking out 19 batters across 17 innings pitched.[2] In 2020, Arrighetti transferred to Navarro College, where he made four starts, pitching to a 2–2 win-loss record and 4.26 earned run average (ERA) with 30 strikeouts.[3] That same year, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters of the Northwoods League.

As a junior, Arrighetti transferred to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 2021, he led the Ragin' Cajuns with 83.2 innings pitched, posting a 7–6 record with a 3.12 ERA and a team-high 91 strikeouts.[4]

Professional career

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Draft and minor leagues (2021–2023)

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Arrighetti was drafted by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[5][6] He made his professional debut that same year with the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Astros before being promoted to the Single-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers. Arrighetti started 2022 with the High-A Asheville Tourists before his promotion to the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks.[7] Between the two clubs, he made 27 appearances (17 starts), posting a 7–6 record with a 4.73 ERA and 152 strikeouts over 1062⁄3 innings. Arrighetti split the 2023 season between the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks and the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys. Following the season, Arrighetti was named the Houston Astros' 2023 Minor League Pitcher of the Year.[8][9]

Major League rookie season (2024)

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Arrighetti began the 2024 season with Triple-A Sugar Land where he made two starts, posting a 2.16 ERA in 81⁄3 innings.[10] The Astros promoted him to the major leagues on April 10, 2024, and he made his major league debut that night.[11] He allowed seven runs across three innings and struck out three batters against the Kansas City Royals.[10] He achieved his first major league win on May 13, 2024, after allowing two runs over five innings to the Oakland Athletics in a 9–2 final.[12] Arrighetti recorded 10 strikeouts in a major league game for the first time on June 26 in a 7–1 victory over the Colorado Rockies.[13]

On August 4, 2024, Arrighetti struck out 12 batters in the 1–0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.[14] In his next start, against the Boston Red Sox, he struck out a career-high 13 batters across seven innings in the 5–4 win.[15][16] Those performances made Arrighetti the first rookie in American League (AL) history to strike out 12 batters each in consecutive starts.[17] On August 28, Arrighetti took a no-hitter into seventh inning versus the Philadelphia Phillies, and had a career-high 7+2⁄3 shutout innings with 11 strikeouts to lead a 10–0 win.[18] For the month of August, he posted a 1.95 ERA, 0.90 walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP), and 47 strikeouts over 32+1⁄3 innings, thus being recognized as AL Rookie of the Month.[19]

In a contest versus the San Diego Padres on September 16, 2024, Arrighetti retired prospective 3-time batting champion Luis Arráez on a strikeout for the first time in 141 plate appearances, the longest such streak in the major leagues since Juan Pierre resisted 147 in 2004.[20]

During Arrighetti's rookie campaign, his efforts evolved into an integral piece of the Astros' starting rotation, during which he pitched 29 appearances, starting 28 and produced a 4.53 ERA, 7–13 W–L, and 171 strikeouts over 145 innings. His 13 losses were sixth-most in the AL and 65 BB were 7th-most.[21] Following the regular season, he was named the Houston Astros Rookie of the Year by the Houston chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA).[22]

Awards

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Awards won by Spencer Arrighetti
Award Category Result /
Section 		No. Year Ref.
Houston Astros
Rookie of the Year 1 2024 [22]

References

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  1. ^ Foote, Kevin (February 24, 2021). "Armed with new-found confidence, Spencer Arrighetti ready to shine for Cajuns". The Advocate. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "Spencer Arrighetti - Baseball". TCU Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Region 14 Athletics". Region 14 Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "Cajuns Baseball Alum Arrighetti Called Up By Astros". Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  5. ^ Rome, Chandler (July 12, 2021). "Astros draft former Cinco Ranch pitcher Spencer Arrighetti". Houston Chronicle.
  6. ^ "UL's Arrighetti, Cooke punctuate turnaround seasons by getting drafted on day two of MLB draft". July 12, 2021.
  7. ^ "Pair of Astros Prospects Receive Promotion to Corpus Christi". Sports Illustrated Inside the Astros.
  8. ^ "Astros Pitching Prospect Spencer Arrighetti Is All in With Analytics". FanGraphs Baseball. April 4, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  9. ^ Vann, Leah (March 19, 2024). "Astros' pitching prospect hopes resilience pays off with a rookie debut". Chron.
  10. ^ a b "Houston Astros Top Pitching Prospect Rocked in MLB Debut". Sports Illustrated. April 11, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  11. ^ "Aching Astros call up pitching prospect Arrighetti". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 10, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  12. ^ "Alex Bregman homers twice, drives in 4 runs as Astros pound Athletics 9–2". ESPN.com. Associated Press. May 13, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  13. ^ McTaggart, Brian (June 26, 2024). "Astros hit target set in Mexico, reach .500 for first time: Arrighetti sets personal mark with 10 K's for Houston, which wins season-high 7th in a row". MLB.com. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  14. ^ Peredes Hernández, Perla (August 4, 2024). "12-K day reflects Spencer Arrighetti's increasing belief in his stuff". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  15. ^ "Astros' Spencer Arrighetti tosses 7 strong innings & racks up 13 strikeouts against the Red Sox". FOX Sports. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  16. ^ "Spencer Arrighetti racks up career-high 13 K's | October 8, 2024". MLB.com. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  17. ^ Maher, Tyler (August 12, 2024). "Houston Astros pitchers shine in record-setting sweep of Red Sox". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  18. ^ McTaggart, Brian (August 28, 2024). "Alvarez hits 3 HRs, Arrighetti flirts with no-no ... and Altuve steals home?!". MLB.com. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  19. ^ Sepe-Chepuru, Shanthi (September 3, 2024). "Here are MLB's 8 top performers from August". MLB.com. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
  20. ^ McTaggart (September 16, 2024). "Arrighetti can hang his hat on rare K of batting champ". MLB.com. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  21. ^ "Spencer Arrighetti stats, height, weight, position, rookie status & more". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  22. ^ a b McTaggart, Brian [@brianmctaggart] (October 1, 2024). "The Houston Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Associations of America has announced the 2024 Astros award winners" (Tweet). Houston. Retrieved October 7, 2024 – via Twitter.
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