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Welcome to the Bigs, Lance McCullers Jr.

Well, colour me impressed.  Lance McCullers made a very brief stop in Fresno, throwing no innings,  striking out no batters, and walking none.  He allowed no runs.  These strong pitching performances have resulted in a promotion to the Major Leagues.

On a less humorous notes, McCullers has been filthy dominant in the Texas League this year, after solid-but-unspectacular results in Lancaster in 2014.  In Lancaster, he pitched 97 innings, yielding an ERA of 5.47, a WHIP of 1.557, striking out 10.7 per nine, and walking 5.2 per nine.  All of those stats markedly improved in Corpus, with an 0.