The next stop in right-hander Lance McCullers Jr.’s attempt to rejoin the Houston Astros could be a start at Triple-A Sugar Land this weekend. McCullers threw 33 pitches in a minor-league game ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Lance McCullers Jr. jogged from the Houston Astros’ dugout across the third-base line, toward the pitcher’s mound and a momentous step in his attempt to return to the ...

McCullers touched 93 mph on the stadium radar gun and threw his entire five-pitch arsenal. A couple of four-seam fastballs ...

“Lance McCullers Jr. will throw his first live batting practice ... and he finished seventh in the American League Cy Young ...

Everyone came out to watch Lance McCullers, Jr. throw his pen. It's unclear as of mid-March whether McCullers will be ready to take the mound in regular-season competition by Opening Day.

The road back for injured Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. will likely continue this weekend in a more familiar place — Sugar Land. While the Astros made their way back to Houston for ...

That's how long it had been since Lance McCullers Jr. had pitched in a live-action Major League baseball game. McCullers last threw in Game 3 of the 2022 World Series for the Houston Astros ...

Houston Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr., who missed all of the 2023 and 2024 seasons with injury, is nearing a major step in his return for the reigning American League West champions.

Astros manager Joe Espada said Friday that McCullers (forearm) will make his Grapefruit League debut Tuesday against the Nationals, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports. The right-hander ...

Houston coaches still raved about his late-spring effort. Lance McCullers Jr threw a shutout inning in his first game since 2022. "The breaking stuff hasn't missed a beat. He's throwing hard.