This week we are catching up with former Waterloo Bucks pitcher Brenden Stines. The Houston Astros drafted the Mishawaka, Indiana native in the 33rd round of the 2009 amateur entry draft. Since being drafted, Stines has been pitching for the Astros’ low class A minor league team, the Tri-City ValleyCats. The ValleyCats are part of the class A short-season New York-Penn League.
Stines played in 24 games for the ValleyCats this past year, working exclusively out of the bullpen for 381/3 innings of work. The former Ball State Cardinal finished the season with three wins and no loses, 23 strikeouts, and a 4.93 earned run average.
Stines pitched for the Waterloo Bucks during the summer of 2007. He made 10 appearances on the mound, all of which he served as the starting pitcher for the game. In his 511/3 innings of work, Stines had a record of two wins and five loses, and accumulated 41 strikeouts.
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