Lance McCullers Jr. or Max Scherzer

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Lance McCullers Jr. or Max Scherzer Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	8

Games Started	5	8

Innings Pitched	18.2	39.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	37

Earned Runs	20	30

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	10	43

Walks	8	22

ERA	9.64	6.86

WHIP	1.61	1.50

Lance McCullers Jr. or Max Scherzer Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	27

Games Started	17	17

Innings Pitched	98.8	95.9

Wins	6	5

Losses	6	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	92

Earned Runs	48	50

Home Runs Allowed	17	13

Strikeouts	93	92

Walks	28	48

ERA	4.42	4.68

WHIP	1.22	1.46

Lance McCullers Jr. or Max Scherzer Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU
News
	Max Scherzer will begin a rehab assignment on Sunday with Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	Lance McCullers Jr. has yet to resume throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Max Scherzer threw off the mound against live hitters on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Astros placed Lance McCullers Jr. on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to face hitters on Wednesday in a live batting practice session. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Astros manager Joe Espada said Lance McCullers Jr. was scratched with shoulder inflammation from Tuesday’s start. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Max Scherzer threw a bullpen of around 30 pitches on Friday at Rogers Centre. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	Lance McCullers was scratched from his scheduled start against the Twins on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	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
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Lance McCullers Jr. or Max Scherzer Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#39
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#154
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#117	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#408
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#426	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (1-1)	#421	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#148
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#55	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#117
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#55	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#141	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (1-1)	#421
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#423
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#223	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#46
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#423
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#134	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#136	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#163
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#63	vs STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#92	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#408	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#95	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#110	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#264
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#89	@ BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#76	@ BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#195
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#223	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (1-1)	#297
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#123	@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#75	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#21	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#38
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (1-1)	#62
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#408	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#39	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#48	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (1-0)	#56
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#46
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#54	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#67	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-0)	#194
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#65	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#81
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2	@ CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#139
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#98	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#60	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#113	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#88	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-0)	#191
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#195	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#114	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124	vs PIT	Jared Jones	#74
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#195	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#50	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83	vs ATH	Gage Jump (0-1)	#157
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
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS			vs DET
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
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
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
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
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
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#148
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL