Lance McCullers Jr.HOU · MIL · SP

2026 review

Lance McCullers Jr. missed bats when he pitched, but he gave away too many free passes and did not pitch much: a 6.55 ERA and 1.55 WHIP in 44.0 IP over 10 games, 8 of them starts, with a 24.6 K% and a 13.8 BB% over 195 BF. That walk rate was the 34th highest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF. He went on the 15-day IL on May 19, retroactive to May 16, with right shoulder inflammation, took a rehab assignment Jun 25 and was activated Jul 17, by which point he had gone from HOU to MIL and missed 62 regular-season days; a day after his Jul 25 outing he was designated for assignment and released by MIL. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 1244, he finished 1129th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 115 spots above, and 183rd of 236 starting pitchers. His 6.55 ERA ran 1.95 above his 4.60 xERA over 195 BF. In early May the TDK LABS card was still pointing at a big strikeout start alongside the walks; by late May it had him on the IL with shoulder inflammation; by the middle of Jul it had him activated with an unsettled bullpen role.