Lance McCullers Jr.

Houston Astros

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Lance McCullers Jr. has thrown 13,650 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 Curve (82mph), Change (87mph) and Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph).


In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 11 of them in 2025) is much harder than usual, results in 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 11 of them in 2025) dives down out of the zone, is much firmer than usual, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 8 of them in 2025) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has heavy sinking action, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has much less armside movement than typical and has essentially average velo. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 5 of them in 2025) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, sweeps across the zone and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders.