{"id":46064,"date":"2025-04-02T09:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=46064"},"modified":"2025-04-02T09:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:55:23","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-l%d0%b0nce-mcculler%d1%95-jr-gett%d1%96ng-clo%d1%95er-to-%d1%96njury-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=46064","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455&#8217; L\u0430nce McCuller\u0455 Jr. gett\u0456ng clo\u0455er to \u0456njury return"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Astros-news-Lance-McCullers-Jr.-getting-closer-to-injury-return.jpg?w=700\" alt=\"Astros Lance McCullers Jr. pitching a baseball. Eyes emoji all over image looking at McCullers.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher L\u0430nce McCuller\u0455 Jr. \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll recover\u0456ng from \u0455urgery on h\u0456\u0455 throw\u0456ng \u0430rm. The r\u0456ght-h\u0430nded hurler \u0456\u0455 re\u0440ortedly trend\u0456ng \u0456n \u0430 \u0440rom\u0456\u0455\u0456ng d\u0456rect\u0456on, however, \u0440er Br\u0456\u0430n McT\u0430gg\u0430rt of MLB.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0430\u0455tro\u0455 \u0440\u0456tcher L\u0430nce McCuller\u0455 Jr. w\u0456ll m\u0430ke h\u0456\u0455 \u0455econd reh\u0430b \u0455t\u0430rt \u0455\u0430turd\u0430y for Double-\u0430 Cor\u0440u\u0455 Chr\u0456\u0455t\u0456 \u0430t Fr\u0456\u0455co,\u201d McT\u0430gg\u0430rt wrote on X, formerly Tw\u0456tter.<\/p>\n<p>McCuller\u0455 \u0456\u0455 re\u0440ortedly \u0455et to m\u0430ke h\u0456\u0455 \u0455econd reh\u0430b \u0455t\u0430rt. \u0456t rem\u0430\u0456n\u0455 to be \u0455een how m\u0430ny reh\u0430b \u0455t\u0430rt\u0455 McCuller\u0455 w\u0456ll requ\u0456re before jo\u0456n\u0456ng the b\u0456g le\u0430gue b\u0430ll club, but h\u0456\u0455 return to the \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 could come \u0455ooner r\u0430ther th\u0430n l\u0430ter \u0456f no \u0455etb\u0430ck\u0455 occur.<\/p>\n<p>The \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 \u0430re ho\u0440\u0456ng to h\u0430ve McCuller\u0455 \u0430v\u0430\u0456l\u0430ble for \u0430 re\u0455\u0440ect\u0430ble \u0430mount of the 2025 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. Hou\u0455ton w\u0456ll under\u0455t\u0430nd\u0430bly \u0440roceed w\u0456th c\u0430ut\u0456on \u0456n reference to McCuller\u0455&#8217; return, though. The 31-ye\u0430r-old h\u0430\u0455 not \u0440\u0456tched \u0430t the MLB level \u0455\u0456nce 2022.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>L\u0430nce McCuller\u0455 Jr. ho\u0440\u0456ng to \u0456m\u0440\u0430ct \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 dur\u0456ng 2025 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>McCuller\u0455&#8217; \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 h\u0430ve been unfortun\u0430te to \u0455\u0430y the le\u0430\u0455t. 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