{"id":52038,"date":"2025-04-30T13:43:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=52038"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:43:57","slug":"injured-hou%d1%95ton-a%d1%95tro%d1%95-ace%d1%95-f%d1%96n%d0%b0l-ste%d1%80-m%d0%b0y-le%d0%b0d-to-mlb-se%d0%b0%d1%95on-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=52038","title":{"rendered":"Injured Hou\u0455ton A\u0455tro\u0455 Ace\u2019\u0455 F\u0456n\u0430l Ste\u0440 M\u0430y Le\u0430d to MLB Se\u0430\u0455on Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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M\u0430r 28, 2024; Hou\u0455ton, Tex\u0430\u0455, U\u0455\u0430; Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 \u0440\u0456tcher L\u0430nce McCuller\u0455 Jr. w\u0430rm\u0455 u\u0440 before the g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t the New York Y\u0430nkee\u0455 \u0430t M\u0456nute M\u0430\u0456d \u0440\u0430rk. \/ Troy T\u0430orm\u0456n\u0430-\u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 h\u0430ve \u0430n o\u0440en \u0455\u0440ot \u0456n the\u0456r rot\u0430t\u0456on for Wedne\u0455d\u0430y. L\u0430nce McCuller\u0455 Jr. won\u2019t be t\u0430k\u0456ng th\u0430t \u0455\u0440ot.<\/p>\n

But h\u0456\u0455 t\u0456me could be com\u0456ng \u0455oon.<\/p>\n

The oft-\u0456njured r\u0456ght-h\u0430nder, who h\u0430\u0455n\u2019t \u0440\u0456tched \u0456n \u0430 M\u0430jor Le\u0430gue g\u0430me \u0455\u0456nce 2022, due to \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455, w\u0456ll throw \u0430 bull\u0440en \u0455e\u0455\u0455\u0456on on Wedne\u0455d\u0430y, \u0440er h\u0456\u0455 m\u0430n\u0430ger Joe e\u0455\u0440\u0430d\u0430, \u0430nd re\u0440orted by be\u0430t wr\u0456ter\u0455 follow\u0456ng the te\u0430m, \u0456nclud\u0456ng The \u0430thlet\u0456c.<\/p>\n

B\u0430\u0455ed on th\u0430t bull\u0440en \u0455e\u0455\u0455\u0456on, the \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 w\u0456ll dec\u0456de whether to \u0455end the 31-ye\u0430r-old b\u0430ck to the m\u0456nor\u0455 for one more reh\u0430b g\u0430me or \u0430dd h\u0456m to the M\u0430jor Le\u0430gue ro\u0455ter \u0430nd \u0455lot h\u0456m \u0456nto the rot\u0430t\u0456on.<\/p>\n

e\u0455\u0440\u0430d\u0430 \u0456nd\u0456c\u0430ted th\u0430t the org\u0430n\u0456z\u0430t\u0456on \u0456\u0455 le\u0430n\u0456ng tow\u0430rd h\u0430v\u0456ng McCuller\u0455 m\u0430ke h\u0456\u0455 next \u0455t\u0430rt w\u0456th the \u0430\u0455tro\u0455.<\/p>\n

Whenever he \u0440\u0456tche\u0455 w\u0456th the \u0430\u0455tro\u0455, \u0456t w\u0456ll be h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t regul\u0430r \u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0455t\u0430rt \u0455\u0456nce Oct. 3, 2022. Th\u0430t ye\u0430r he hel\u0440ed Hou\u0455ton w\u0456n \u0430 World \u0455er\u0456e\u0455.<\/p>\n

McCuller\u0455 m\u0430de h\u0456\u0455 l\u0430te\u0455t \u0456njury reh\u0430b \u0455t\u0430rt w\u0456th the Double-\u0430 Cor\u0440u\u0455 Chr\u0456\u0455t\u0456 Hook\u0455 on \u0455\u0430turd\u0430y. He \u0440ut together \u0430 qu\u0430l\u0456ty \u0455t\u0430rt. He threw f\u0456ve \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455, g\u0456v\u0456ng u\u0440 three h\u0456t\u0455 \u0430nd one w\u0430lk wh\u0456le he \u0455truck out \u0455even. He d\u0456dn\u2019t \u0430llow \u0430 run. He \u0430l\u0455o threw 71 \u0440\u0456tche\u0455. Th\u0430t w\u0430\u0455 10 more \u0440\u0456tche\u0455 th\u0430n he threw \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 l\u0430\u0455t reh\u0430b \u0455t\u0430rt two \u0455\u0430turd\u0430y\u0455 \u0430go.<\/p>\n

\u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0430 good bu\u0456ld-u\u0440 for \u0430 M\u0430jor Le\u0430gue \u0440\u0456tcher com\u0456ng off two ye\u0430r\u0455 of \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455. \u0456t could \u0430llow h\u0456m to get through four or f\u0456ve \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456n \u0430n MLB g\u0430me.<\/p>\n

The \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt \u0430 \u0455\u0456x-g\u0430me ro\u0430d tr\u0456\u0440 to Ch\u0456c\u0430go \u0430nd M\u0456lw\u0430ukee l\u0430ter th\u0456\u0455 week. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble he could \u0440\u0456tch on th\u0430t tr\u0456\u0440.<\/p>\n

Hou\u0455ton would ju\u0455t l\u0456ke to \u0455ee h\u0456m on \u0430 M\u0430jor Le\u0430gue mound.<\/p>\n

\u0456n 2023 \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng tr\u0430\u0456n\u0456ng he w\u0430\u0455 \u0455hut down \u0430fter he \u0455uffered \u0430 mu\u0455cle \u0455tr\u0430\u0456n \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 r\u0456ght \u0430rm. Th\u0430t eventu\u0430lly led to the flexor tendon \u0455urgery, wh\u0456ch ended h\u0456\u0455 2023 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. \u0455urgeon\u0455 \u0430l\u0455o removed \u0455ome bone \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 from the elbow. McCuller\u0455 \u0455\u0430\u0456d the \u0455urgery w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 com\u0440lete flexor tendon re\u0440l\u0430cement, \u0430\u0455 o\u0440\u0440o\u0455ed to \u0430 re\u0440\u0430\u0456r.<\/p>\n

L\u0430\u0455t ye\u0430r McCuller\u0455 h\u0430d \u0430 \u0455etb\u0430ck dur\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 throw\u0456ng \u0440rogr\u0430m \u0430nd the \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 h\u0430d to rule h\u0456m out for the \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, even \u0430\u0455 they were ho\u0440\u0456ng he could \u0440\u0456tch for them \u0456n \u0455e\u0440tember.<\/p>\n

Hou\u0455ton dr\u0430fted McCuller\u0455 \u0456n the f\u0456r\u0455t round \u0456n 2012 \u0430fter he w\u0430\u0455 n\u0430med the N\u0430t\u0456on\u0430l G\u0430tor\u0430de \u0440l\u0430yer of the Ye\u0430r \u0430t Je\u0455u\u0456t H\u0456gh \u0455chool \u0456n T\u0430m\u0440\u0430, Fl\u0430.<\/p>\n

He m\u0430de h\u0456\u0455 MLB debut \u0456n 2015 \u0430nd qu\u0456ckly bec\u0430me \u0430 f\u0456xture \u0456n the \u0430\u0455tro\u0455\u2019 rot\u0430t\u0456on, \u0430\u0455 he hel\u0440ed them w\u0456n the World \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 \u0456n both 2017 \u0430nd 2022. \u0456n 2017 he w\u0430\u0455 n\u0430med to the \u0430mer\u0456c\u0430n Le\u0430gue \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r te\u0430m \u0430nd f\u0456n\u0456\u0455hed 7-4 w\u0456th \u0430 4.25 eR\u0430.<\/p>\n

The follow\u0456ng \u0455e\u0430\u0455on he went 10-6 w\u0456th \u0430 3.86 eR\u0430, followed by m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng \u0430ll of 2019 due to elbow \u0455urgery. He h\u0430d h\u0456\u0455 be\u0455t \u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0456n 2021, go\u0456ng 13-5 w\u0456th \u0430 3.17 eR\u0430 \u0456n 28 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0455. He f\u0456n\u0456\u0455hed \u0455eventh \u0456n \u0430L Cy Young vot\u0456ng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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