HOUSTON – Former Red Raider LHP Parker Mushinski is set to make his MLB Debut according to MLB.com Astros beat writer Brian McTaggart.
Astros have placed RHP Ryan Pressly on the 10-day IL with right knee inflammation (backdated to April 14). To take his place on the active roster, the club has selected LHP Parker Mushinski to the Major League roster…Mushinski will be making his Major League debut.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) April 16, 2022
In his time at Texas Tech (2015-2017), Parker Mushinski developed into one of the Red Raiders’ most important bullpen options and led the team with 31 appearances in 2017. Mushinski held opposing batters to a .185 average that season and turned in a 2.15 ERA through 37.2 innings pitched.
Mushinski was taken in the 7th round by the Houston Astros in the 2017 MLB Draft, the first Red Raider taken that year, and has risen quickly through the ranks jumping to High-A in 2019. After 15 appearances in 2021 for the AA Corpus Christi Hooks where he posted a 3.76 ERA, he jumped to the AAA Sugar Land Skeeters (renamed the Space Cowboys in the 2021 offseason) and posted a 2.84 ERA in 12 games with 18K to only 3BB.
While he is not ranked in the Top 30 Astros prospects, Mushinski was a Non-Roster Invitee to Spring Training, indicating the Astros’ interest in him. He has now earned his way onto the 40-man roster with the injury of RHP Ryan Pressly.
This year for the Space Cowboys, Mushinski has posted a line of:
4.2IP, H, R, 0ER, 5K, 0BB | ERA: 0.00 | WHIP: 0.21 | OPP AVG: .067
Parker Mushinski on getting the call to the big leagues. His family made it to Seattle. pic.twitter.com/U7t21Y8kiK
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) April 16, 2022
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