The Houston Astros' disastrous start may be the most surprising storyline of the MLB season.
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The Houston Astros could return one of their top arms at some point this season as Lance McCullers Jr. gave an update on where he's currently at in his recovery process.
According to reports on Saturday, Houston Astros' pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. is still on track for the July return that was predicted two months ago. Per Chandler Rome of 'The Athletic:' Lance McCullers Jr is throwing from 80 feet on flat ground and said he feels good.
The Houston Astros should get a much needed boost to their starting rotation in 2024 that they didn't have last season. Losing Lance McCullers Jr. and Luis Garcia forced them to utilize rookie pitchers in the rotation and made their depth down the stretch difficult to manage.
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The Houston Astros staged a wild ninth-inning rally on Wednesday for a walk-off, 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals. The Astros go for a three-game sweep Thursday, and Yardbarker's Jack Dougherty has a tasty strikeout prop to go along with it.
Lance McCullers Jr. had yet to make an appearance for the Houston Astros in 2023, and now he won't at all. The team announced Wednesday that McCullers underwent forearm surgery the day before and will miss the 2023 season entirely.
The Houston Astros have a starting pitching problem — they can’t seem to keep them healthy. Luis Garcia is out for the season after Tommy John surgery.
It appears as though Houston Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. will miss more time than originally expected and the timetable for his return remains uncertain.
The Houston Astros are in need of starting pitching. That much is clear following the loss of Luis Garcia for the season, an injury to Jose Urquidy and
More good news on the injury front, Houston Astros fans: Houston manager Dusty Baker expects to have outfielder Chas McCormick back in the lineup on Sunday.
For a Houston Astros team loaded with outfield talent, it's likely a blessing in disguise as the team continues to deal with a plethora of injuries and setbacks.
Friday was a bad-news day for the Houston Astros' pitching rotation, followed by a bright spot. Luis Garcia will need Tommy John surgery and will miss the rest of the season.To take Garcia's spot, the Astros called up fellow right-hander J.P. France from Triple-A.
The Houston Astros have some good news ahead of their clash with the Texas Rangers on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. According to MLB.com, starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr.
McCullers, who is currently rehabbing from an elbow strain, is throwing from 90 feet off flat ground and is on the verge of starting to throw on back-to-back days.
Houston Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. took some time to speak with the media on Tuesday, March 14, about returning from a strained right forearm muscle.
Right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. will likely be shut down for a few weeks. Luckily for the Houston Astros, they have plenty of depth in their rotation.
There’s no indication just yet as to when McCullers might be sufficiently ramped up to join the big league club. His shutdown will likely last into mid-March, and the Astros will presumably have a clearer timeline once he eventually resumes throwing.
If the Philadelphia Phillies had something on Lance McCullers Jr. during Game 3 of the World Series on Tuesday night, Bryce Harper wasn’t about to let the public know it.
Phillies right-hander Noah Syndergaard will get the start Monday night when the World Series shifts to Philadelphia for Game 3.
McCullers Jr. was the butt of some jokes after suffering an arm injury thanks to an errant champagne bottle after the ALDS.
Lance McCullers said Friday that he was hit in the elbow by a champagne bottle during the Astros’ celebration after beating the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS.
The path to snapping the longest championship drought in American sports in 1980 required the Philadelphia Phillies to win in Houston. Forty-two years later, the Phillies are heading to Houston needing just one win to end a much smaller — but still plenty lengthy — dry spell.
The Houston Astros concluded the road portion of their regular-season schedule at 51-30, the second-best mark in the majors. Now they will open a season-ending, eight-game homestand on Tuesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Houston Astros right-handed pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. will make his season debut against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday after a right flexor pronator strain sidelined him for the past 10 months.
Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. is set to start the 2022 season on the IL. The right-handed pitcher continues to rehab the flexor tendon in his pitching arm that was injured during last year’s playoffs.
The Houston Astros will enter Game 1 of the World Series against the Atlanta Braves knowing they will be without a key right-hander available for the rotation or out of the bullpen.
In five seasons with the Astros, McCullers is 32-25 with a 3.70 ERA and 1.262 WHIP. He helped lead Houston to a World Series title in 2017 and was named an All-Star that same year.
Houston spent the entire season as baseball's biggest villain after being outed for cheating en route to a 2017 World Series title. However, the 2020 campaign wasn't about getting revenge on the critics — at least according to Lance McCullers Jr.
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