Dylan Cease or Lance McCullers Jr.

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Projections
News & Notes
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Dylan Cease or Lance McCullers Jr. Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	11	8

Innings Pitched	62.0	39.1

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	37

Earned Runs	21	30

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	92	43

Walks	26	22

ERA	3.05	6.86

WHIP	1.21	1.50

Dylan Cease or Lance McCullers Jr. Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	27

Games Started	30	17

Innings Pitched	168.3	95.9

Wins	11	5

Losses	9	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	141	92

Earned Runs	68	50

Home Runs Allowed	20	13

Strikeouts	198	92

Walks	64	48

ERA	3.64	4.68

WHIP	1.22	1.46

Dylan Cease or Lance McCullers Jr. Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU
News
	Dylan Cease played light catch on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	Lance McCullers Jr. has yet to resume throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Dylan Cease (hamstring) is being placed on the 15-day injured list by the Toronto Blue Jays according to Keegan Matheson. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th	The Astros placed Lance McCullers Jr. on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Dylan Cease will undergo an MRI on his hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	Astros manager Joe Espada said Lance McCullers Jr. was scratched with shoulder inflammation from Tuesday’s start. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Dylan Cease was removed from Sunday's game with mild left hamstring discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	Lance McCullers was scratched from his scheduled start against the Twins on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Dylan Cease was removed from his start early on Sunday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	Lance McCullers Jr. allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out six and walking two across 5 1/3 innings Wednesday against the Mariners. Chris Schommer Thu, May 14th
Notes
	Dylan Cease signed a seven-year, $210 million contract with the Blue Jays in November, parlaying his steady strikeout rate numbers and artificially inflated ERA in 2025 into security with the 2025 runners-up. In his age-29 season, Cease was snakebit by a .320 BABIP, ballooning his ERA to 4.55 with an xERA of 3.46. The important stat to know is his 29.8% K-rate and five consecutive years of 200+ strikeouts. If you can absorb a bit of a WHIP hit (career 1.26), the counting stats are there for the taking. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Dylan Cease or Lance McCullers Jr. Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#152
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-5)	#115	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#309	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#414
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3)	#427	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (1-1)	#423	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#296	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#54	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-5)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#54	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#309
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (1-1)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#296
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (4-2)	#1	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#425
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#242	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#50
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#67	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#135	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#139	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (6-2)	#71	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#58	vs STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#84	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#414	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-3)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (7-3)	#29	vs NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#88	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#112	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#263
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#91	@ BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#73	@ BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#242	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (1-1)	#259
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-2)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (4-2)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (4-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#19	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (1-1)	#65
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#414	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-3)	#39	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#19	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#46	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (1-0)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#68	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#69	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-0)	#196
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#62	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#89
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#40	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#34
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2	@ CHC	Colin Rea (4-3)	#134
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#86	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#61	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#9
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-5)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#197	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-0)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#139
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-2)	#113	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs PIT
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#123	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY			@ KC
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS			vs DET
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Jun 21st	@ CHC			vs CLE
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU			@ TOR
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU			@ TOR
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX			@ DET
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA			vs TB
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF			@ WSH
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD			@ TEX
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB			vs MIA
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH