Houston Astros manager Joe Espada has high hopes for starter Lance McCullers Jr after his impressive return to the mound.

With spring training looking to wind down as the start of the season roughly approaches, yesterday afternoon the Astros took ...

Houston Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. faced Major League hitters for the first time in over months Tuesday ...

Lance McCullers was back in a game for the Astros in spring training after going nearly two and a half years without pitching ...

The Houston Astros have been without one of their starting pitchers for almost 900 days and that player just made his return in spring training.

To get an idea of how important the 13 pitches that Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. threw on Tuesday night were, the ...

Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. hit a significant milestone in his recovery from a two-year absence as he returned to the ...

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — For the first time in more than two years, Lance McCullers Jr. gazed in from a pitcher’s mound at a hitter prepared to swing. Surgery and setbacks delayed a step the ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. took another big step Saturday morning in his long march back to the mound following a two-year absence, throwing batting practice to three ...