Lance McCullers Jr.

Houston Astros

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Lance McCullers Jr. threw 13,615 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2022, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2022, they relied primarily on their Slider (85mph), Sinker (93mph) and Curve (83mph), also mixing in a Change (87mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (89mph) and Fourseam Fastball (93mph).


In 2022, compared to other RHP:
Their slider sweeps across the zone and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 14 of them in 2022) 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 well above average velo. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 7 of them in 2022) is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, has a sharp downward bite, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 19 of them in 2022) has an obvious armside fade, dives down out of the zone and is much firmer than usual. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 6 of them in 2022) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, has heavy sink, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters and has strong cutting action.