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 0.62 ERA, WHIP of 0.897, with 13.3 K/9 and a 3.4 BB/9. This led to a brief, 2-day promotion to Fresno -…
