Houston Astros manager Joe Espada has high hopes for starter Lance McCullers Jr after his impressive return to the mound.

"The breaking stuff hasn't missed a beat. He's throwing hard. He's throwing with intent," Astros pitching instructor Josh ...

With spring training looking to wind down as the start of the season roughly approaches, yesterday afternoon the Astros took ...

It was Roki Sasaki’s MLB debut, and here’s how his first inning went: four pitches in triple digits, then two at 99 before ...

He threw 13 pitches as a first step in what will likely remain a lengthy ramp up to return to big-league action. Nevertheless, it was a positive sign of his potential to make an impact with Houston in ...

Healthy for the first time in almost three years, Lance McCullers Jr. made his spring debut Tuesday for the Houston Astros ...

Lance McCullers Jr. returns to the mound after a two-year absence, plus Max Fried faces off with Walker Buehler on this ...

Lance McCullers was back in a game for the Astros in spring training after going nearly two and a half years without pitching ...

The Houston Astros have been without one of their starting pitchers for almost 900 days and that player just made his return in spring training.

To get an idea of how important the 13 pitches that Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. threw on Tuesday night were, the ...

Javier Rivas hit a walk-off solo home run to complete a three-run uprising and hand the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies in spring-training action on Tuesday in ...

Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. hit a significant milestone in his recovery from a two-year absence as he returned to the ...