{"id":16867,"date":"2025-07-23T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T02:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/16867\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T02:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T02:00:09","slug":"astros-put-lance-mccullers-jr-on-il-with-blister-on-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/16867\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros put Lance McCullers Jr. on IL with blister on finger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 22, 2025, 08:55 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-astros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Astros<\/a> right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32764\/lance-mccullers-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lance McCullers Jr<\/a>. was placed back on the injured list Tuesday due to a right finger blister.<\/p>\n<p>The move is retroactive to Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45761723\/2025-mlb-trade-deadline-tracker-rumors-alerts-news-latest-updates-analysis\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753236009_237_r1521735_2_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It marks Houston&#8217;s seventh starting pitcher and 17th player total on IL this season.<\/p>\n<p>McCullers, 31, began the season on the IL and made his debut on May 4, his first start since the 2022 World Series.<\/p>\n<p>He underwent surgery to repair a flexor tendon in June 2023, forcing him to miss the remainder of that season. McCullers faced a setback in his recovery in 2024, keeping him out for another year.<\/p>\n<p>McCullers was placed on the 15-day IL with a foot strain in June.<\/p>\n<p>The one-time All-Star is 2-4 with a 6.90 ERA over 44 1\/3 innings in 11 starts this season.<\/p>\n<p>Houston is recalling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/38190\/nick-hernandez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Hernandez<\/a> from Triple-A Sugar Land to fill McCullers&#8217; roster spot. Hernandez has appeared in two games for the Astros this season, pitching to a 9.00 ERA over two innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jul 22, 2025, 08:55 PM ET Houston Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. was placed back on the injured&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-16867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}