Houston Astros' pitching prospect J.P. France isn't on the radar of the national media.He' isn't a 'blue-chip' Babe Ruth Jersey or 'can't-mi s' prospect. France doesn't rank among the Astros' top 30 prospects on .But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the 27-year-old right-handed pitcher has shown enough promise to warrant a September promotion to the Astros' big league roster.France was the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys' June Player of the Month, leading the Pacific Coast League in strikeouts (36) and ranking second in WHIP (0.97), fourth in ERA (2.92) and seventh in Opponent Batting Average (.220) over five appearances.France recently made the switch from the Triple-A Sugar Land pitching rotation to the team's bullpen, and over his last four relief appearances, he's thrown nine scorele s innings, allowing just six hits and striking Blake Swihart Jersey out 15.France is catching fire at the right time, pitching in long relief. Pitching out of the pen is definitely different, but its not too bad," France said. "I knew that if I were to debut it would probably be out of the pen so better to get used to it now than later." Starting pitchers often experience an uptick in velocity when moving to relief and pitching max-effort, instead of pacing themselves over seven innings. A move to the bullpen can greatly benefit some pitchers, and France seems to capitalizing on the recent change. I am still pitching with my Brock Holt Jersey whole arsenal," France said. "By letting me do that, I feel like it does have the potential to play up with only having to go through the lineup once in comparison to a po sible three times. But throwing 1-2 innings at a time is nice."France pitched primarily in relief his senior year of college at Mi si sippi State, making 23 of his 25 appearances out of the Bulldogs' arm barn, so pitching out of relief isn't foreign territory to him.France grad-transferred to Mi si sippi State prior to 2018, after three seasons and a medical redshirt year at Tulane.The Astros selected France in the 14th round of the 2018 MLB Amateur Draft. France has since grinded through the Astros' farm system and broke out in 2021, logging a 3.59 ERA and 6-1 record over 80.1 innings in Triple-A.Active rosters will expand from 26 players to 28 players September 1. If France doesn't receive an immediate call Enrique Hernandez Jersey -up, he could still be in line to be brought up before the end of the month.France is heating up at the right time. Big league managers know all too well how valuable a hot hand can be down the stretch of the season. Given how France has pitched as of late and if he keeps it uphe has a chance to be hot hand out of the Astros' bullpen in September.France's wife Je sica was a cast member on in 2013, and between 2013 and 2016, competed on four seasons of the long-running MTV competition series, . last month to discu s her time on reality television, her Christian faith, and life as a minor league baseball wife. Subscribe to the Jack Vita Show on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Available wherever podcasts are Steven Wright Jersey found.