Hans Michael Crouse (born September 15, 1998) is an American professional baseballpitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021.
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Crouse attended Dana Hills High School in Dana Point, California. As a senior, he struck out 99 batters in
63+1⁄2 innings, posting a 7–3 win-loss record with a 0.88 earned run average (ERA).[1] He committed to the University of Southern California to play college baseball.[2] Crouse was considered one of the top prep prospects for the 2017 MLB Draft.[3]
Crouse was selected in the second round, 66th overall, by the Texas Rangers.[4] He signed with the Rangers for a $1.45 million bonus[5] and was then assigned to the AZL Rangers of the Rookie-levelArizona League, where he spent all of his first professional season, posting a 0.45 ERA with thirty strikeouts in twenty innings pitched along with an 0.70 WHIP.[6] In 2018, he split time between the Spokane Indians of the Class A Short SeasonNorthwest League and the Hickory Crawdads of the Class ASouth Atlantic League, compiling a combined 5–3 record and 2.47 ERA in 13 total starts between both teams.[7]
Crouse was ranked as the #73 overall prospect in baseball by Baseball America in their preseason 2019 Top 100 list.[8] Crouse was also ranked as the #85 overall prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline in their preseason 2019 Top 100 list.[9] Crouse was ranked as the #95 overall prospect in baseball by ESPN‘s Keith Law in his preseason 2019 Top 100 list.[10]
Crouse was assigned back to Hickory for the 2019 season.[11] Crouse produced a 6–1 record with a 4.41 ERA in 87+2⁄3 innings in 2019.[12] He was hampered by bone spurs in his right elbow throughout the season, which forced him to miss almost a month of action and required surgery following the season to remove.[13][14] Crouse did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Crouse opened the 2021 season with the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Central, going 3–2 with a 3.35 ERA and 54 strikeouts over 51 innings.[15]
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