Lance In The Pants

Boy was it a rough night for Lance McCullers owners.  Just a week after he had a great effort against the Los Angeles Angels, owners confidently plugged him in against the...

Boy was it a rough night for Lance McCullers owners.  Just a week after he had a great effort against the Los Angeles Angels, owners confidently plugged him in against the Rangers and were met with a 0.1 IP, 6 ER, 7 Hits, 1 BBs, 1 Ks effort.  In other words, Lance get Felix'ed and there's nothing you can do about it.  However, you shouldn't be rash and bounce him from your team.  He got Singled Out like whoa, and he was killing it until yesterday's effort.  But he was sent down to the minors after the game! Well that's because the Astros didn't have anyone to start Tuesday's game after Mike Fiers had to show up and eat some innings (he didn't do all much better with 6 ER over 5 innings), so they are sending McCullers down to open a roster spot for a Dan Straily today.  McCullers will be back for his next start against Oakland and I'm rolling with him. UPDATE: Okay so now it looks like McCullers will be down for at least 10 days as the team is trying to conserve innings for the youngin' so he can be in full force down the stretch in September and beyond.  It's annoying, but plan accordingly.

Let’s see what every other SP did yesterday:

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Nick Pollack

Founder of Pitcher List. Creator of CSW, The List, and SP Roundup. Worked with MSG, FanGraphs, CBS Sports, and Washington Post. Former college pitcher, travel coach, pitching coach, and Brandeis alum. Wants every pitcher to be dope.

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