http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/expect-astros-rhp-lance-mccullers/ The training wheels are off for the Astros. Sensing a weakened and ripe-for-the-taking AL West, Houston has assertively promoted prospects Preston Tucker (to the majors) and Carlos Correa (to Triple-A) and on Friday announced that righthander Lance McCullers—just promoted to Triple-A on Thursday—will skip Fresno and go right to the bigs. McCullers, the supplemental first-round pick in 2012—the same year Correa went No. 1 overall—will be the youngest Astros player to debut (21 years, 228 days) since Jose Altuve (21 years, 75 days) in July 2011. McCullers, the organization’s ninth-rated prospect entering the season, has blow-you-away stuff—a fastball that touches 98 mph and a double-plus breaking ball—but his control had been a millstone. This season, McCullers dominated at Double-A Corpus Christi (3-1, 0.62, 43/11 K/BB ratio) and showed improved fastball command. He’ll start Monday against Oakland. “He’s got a lot of confidence coming out of Double-A,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch told BA correspondent Jose de Jesus Ortiz. “It’s exciting to get an arm of his level to test him against major league hitters.” SCOUTING REPORT McCullers signed for $2.5 million as part of the Astros’ 2012 draft class, the first under the current regime led by general manager Jeff Luhnow. The son of the former major league reliever with the Padres, among other teams, McCullers has a power fastball that touches 98 mph with a double-plus breaking ball that has been described within the organization as a curveball and outside of it as a slider. The biggest issue was well-below average control, in part due to a crossfire delivery. He walked a career-worst 5.2 batters per nine innings in 2014 and seemed headed for a bullpen future, but this season has sliced that rate to 3.41/9 while striking out 13.34/9. Of the difference in McCullers from last year to this, one evaluator said command and control of his entire arsenal has been the separator. WHAT TO EXPECT The Astros clearly had a need in the back of the rotation, but it’s unclear how long the leash will be for McCullers, especially given his youth and inexperience. He did not pitch at Triple-A—his stay lasted less than a day— and he has only 256 2/3 professional innings to his name. The Astros appear to be in win-now mode, so it would not be outlandish to suggest McCullers is being showcased for other major league teams in an effort to acquire a veteran pitcher such as Cole Hamels. For a fantasy team, McCullers could rack up strikeouts, but again it would be premature to expect him to log a lot of innings. -- 有点疯狂地把他叫上来先发 虽然3A还是有些人选 不过都是爆炸的机会比较高 所以乾脆换一个刺激一点的...... 会有大起大落 XDD 这只上来会比任何一个3A投手都还要刺激精彩 plus plus fast ball, 2 plus breaking ball...... 理想剧本 但是正常状态下就是他的控球不太好 虽然今年的小样本好很多了 另外他今年在2A都是短先发 所以不用预期他可以吃深局数 投得好最多应该六局也会让他收工 他的投球数应该会被严格管控 -- 他奶奶的Appel又自爆了 丢了数不完的BB Luhnow马上要展现他的2012选秀成功 顺便也开始暴露他2013选秀的大失败了 2013的版本很可能是pass Jeter的等级了 原因都是为了省钱而不是没看到好货 XD --

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