Rhett Kouba
# Rhett Kouba

### Rhett Kouba

Rhett Owen Kouba (born September 3, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization.

Kouba attended El Reno High School in El Reno, Oklahoma. As a senior, he went 6-2 with a 0.94 ERA and 79 strikeouts. He then played two seasons of collegiate baseball at North Central Texas College and one season at Dallas Baptist University. During his lone season at Dallas Baptist in 2021, Kouba appeared in 16 games (ten starts) and went 6-2 with a 2.77 ERA. After the season, he was selected by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.

Kouba signed with the Astros and played his first professional season with the Florida Complex League Astros and the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, pitching 18+1⁄3 innings. He split the 2022 season between the Woodpeckers and the Asheville Tourists, appearing in 18 games (ten starts) and going 6-3 with a 4.08 ERA and 85 strikeouts over 70+2⁄3 innings. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Surprise Saguaros. Kouba opened the 2023 season with the Corpus Christi Hooks.

* Dallas Baptist bio
* Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
* ↑ https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/columns/2018/04/16/the-oklahomans-high-school-athletes-of-the-week/60530613007/
* ↑ https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/columns/2018/06/09/breaking-down-the-oklahomans-big-all-city-baseball-first-team/60520009007/
* ↑ https://www.elrenotribune.com/index.php/sports/kouba-extends-collegiate-career
* ↑ https://mvc-sports.com/news/2021/7/13/mvc-baseball-in-the-2021-major-league-draft.aspx
* ↑ https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/2021/07/12/mlb-draft-oklahomans-picked-draft-where-they-headed/7943694002/
* ↑ https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-arizona-fall-league-overview-2022
* ↑ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/JC-Correa-7-Astros-prospects-Arizona-Fall-League-17446833.php
* ↑ https://www.caller.com/story/sports/local/baseball/corpus-christi-hooks/2023/04/03/houston-astros-set-corpus-christi-hooks-preliminary-roster-on-monday/70077346007/
* ↑ https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/astros-prospects-farm-system-18078682.php
