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. -- 有點瘋狂地把他叫上來先發 雖然3A還是有些人選 不過都是爆炸的機會比較高 所以乾脆換一個刺激一點的...... 會有大起大落 XDD 這隻上來會比任何一個3A投手都還要刺激精彩 plus plus fast ball, 2 plus breaking ball...... 理想劇本 但是正常狀態下就是他的控球不太好 雖然今年的小樣本好很多了 另外他今年在2A都是短先發 所以不用預期他可以吃深局數 投得好最多應該六局也會讓他收工 他的投球數應該會被嚴格管控 -- 他奶奶的Appel又自爆了 丟了數不完的BB Luhnow馬上要展現他的2012選秀成功 順便也開始暴露他2013選秀的大失敗了 2013的版本很可能是pass Jeter的等級了 原因都是為了省錢而不是沒看到好貨 XD --

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