Through early August the Astros were the lone team in the majors to use only five starting pitchers. That streak in today’s baseball is quite impressive. Unfortunately, it was snapped when McCullers landed on the DL on August 5th. Fast forward to mid-September and Houston is still waiting on the right-hander’s return to the active roster. But there is some good news on this front.
Per Brian McTaggart of MLB.com, McCullers threw another simulated game down at the team’s West Palm Beach complex in Florida. As noted by McTaggart, the age-24 pitcher threw thirty pitches while sitting “in the middle of his session to simulate pitching two innings.