ASTROS’ JAMES HOYT LATEST TO MAKE INDEPENDENTS PROUD
Source: American Association News
Independent Baseball Chatter by Bob Wirz It finally happened! Strikeout machine James Hoyt has made his long-awaited major league debut with the postseason-hopeful Houston Astros. The 29-year-old right-hander is the first player who started in a non-affiliated league to reach the majors since Ian Thomas did so. Both players were in Independent play as recently as 2012, and are the 42nd and 43rd players who started their pro career in an Indy circuit to climb all the way to the majors. Thirty of them have been pitchers. The 6-foot-5 Hoyt was plagued by wildness during his last collegiate season at Centenary College, but after working on a sailboat in San Diego for a time the next year (2011), he hooked up with the Wichita Wingnuts of the American Association in 2012. He struck out 248 hitters in only 191 innings in the Atlanta and Houston farm systems between 2013 and last season, and he was enjoying a banner season with the Astros’ Triple-A club in Fresno, striking out batters at a rate of 15.1 for every nine innings. He had 84 whiffs in 50 innings, a 1.62 ERA and his 28 saves ranked as the second highest total in all of the affiliated…
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