Houston Astros
Lance McCullers Jr. has thrown 13,798 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Change (87mph), Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Slider (83mph) and Curve (82mph), also mixing in a Sinker (92mph). He also rarely throws a Cutter (87mph).
In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their change is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone, is much firmer than usual, results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade. Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has heavy sinking action, has essentially average velo, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their slider sweeps across the zone and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their curve generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' curves, has a sharp downward bite, is slightly harder than usual, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 15 of them in 2025) has heavy sinking action, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has slight armside run. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 3 of them in 2025) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has slightly below average velo and has some natural sink.