Here's a Crystal Ball, by reader request, for Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers.
The Crystal Ball is NOT a PREDICTION in the sense of me saying "this is how the guy will turn out." The idea is to generate discussion about a player by presenting one possible outcome for his career, based on what we currently know about him.
It is not just thrown together; I try to make them logical, based on the outcomes of players who were similar at the same stage of their career. Sometimes a CB represents a maximal outcome, sometimes it is more of a middle ground.
This is the last Crystal Ball for awhile. In the next few weeks, my efforts will be focused on the Top 20 Prospect lists for 2017.
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Lance McCullers |
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Year |
Team |
G |
GS |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
W |
L |
ERA |
K |
BB |
SV |
Age |
K/9 |
BB/9 |
H/9 |
2015 |
Astros |
22 |
22 |
125.666 |
106 |
49 |
45 |
6 |
7 |
3.22 |
129 |
43 |
0 |
21 |
9.24 |
3.08 |
7.59 |
2016 |
Astros |
14 |
14 |
81 |
80 |
29 |
29 |
6 |
5 |
3.22 |
106 |
45 |
0 |
22 |
11.8 |
5 |
8.89 |
2017 |
Astros |
27 |
27 |
170 |
164 |
72 |
67 |
11 |
8 |
3.55 |
171 |
74 |
0 |
23 |
9.05 |
3.92 |
8.68 |
2018 |
Astros |
32 |
32 |
200 |
192 |
74 |
69 |
16 |
10 |
3.11 |
198 |
78 |
0 |
24 |
8.91 |
3.51 |
8.64 |
2019 |
Astros |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
25 |
9 |
6 |
10.6 |
2020 |
Astros |
11 |
0 |
16 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1.69 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
26 |
6.75 |
1.13 |
6.19 |
2021 |
Astros |
26 |
26 |
168 |
158 |
78 |
73 |
8 |
8 |
3.91 |
170 |
70 |
0 |
27 |
9.11 |
3.75 |
8.46 |
2022 |
Rays |
31 |
31 |
186 |
178 |
83 |
82 |
11 |
11 |
3.97 |
183 |
76 |
0 |
28 |
8.85 |
3.68 |
8.61 |
2023 |
Rays |
32 |
32 |
209 |
190 |
72 |
69 |
16 |
11 |
2.97 |
200 |
76 |
0 |
29 |
8.61 |
3.27 |
10.6 |
2024 |
Rays |
11 |
11 |
57 |
54 |
30 |
29 |
3 |
4 |
4.58 |
56 |
29 |
0 |
30 |
8.84 |
4.58 |
8.53 |
2025 |
Rays |
33 |
25 |
168 |
145 |
77 |
73 |
9 |
11 |
3.91 |
159 |
76 |
2 |
31 |
8.52 |
4.07 |
7.77 |
2026 |
Rays |
8 |
8 |
44 |
46 |
31 |
31 |
2 |
4 |
6.34 |
39 |
28 |
0 |
32 |
7.98 |
5.73 |
9.41 |
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Indians |
15 |
2 |
57 |
54 |
22 |
22 |
4 |
4 |
3.47 |
49 |
18 |
4 |
33 |
7.74 |
2.84 |
8.53 |
2027 |
Indians |
63 |
0 |
74 |
59 |
21 |
19 |
5 |
2 |
2.31 |
78 |
29 |
35 |
34 |
9.49 |
3.53 |
7.18 |
2028 |
Indians |
70 |
0 |
78 |
63 |
25 |
25 |
6 |
4 |
2.88 |
83 |
25 |
40 |
35 |
9.58 |
2.88 |
7.27 |
2029 |
Indians |
49 |
0 |
56 |
58 |
20 |
20 |
3 |
4 |
3.21 |
54 |
19 |
19 |
36 |
8.68 |
3.05 |
10.6 |
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Astros |
11 |
0 |
13 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2.08 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
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6.23 |
2.77 |
6.23 |
2030 |
Astros |
52 |
0 |
57 |
60 |
33 |
33 |
2 |
3 |
5.21 |
49 |
24 |
1 |
37 |
7.74 |
3.79 |
9.47 |
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508 |
231 |
1762.67 |
1627 |
722 |
692 |
109 |
97 |
3.53 |
1748 |
718 |
103 |
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8.93 |
3.67 |
8.31 |
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