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Faced with injuries and an improving AL West, Astros were 'playing from behind the whole season' –
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Astros' Lance McCullers Jr. 'behind' in recovery from forearm injury
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Astros officially call up Lance McCullers, Jr.; assign Deduno to DL, Lowrie transferred to 60-day DL - The Crawfish Boxes
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Lance McCullers Jr. to start Game 3 2022 World Series
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Lance McCullers gets his Houston Astros World Series grill
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2022 World Series: Lance McCullers is different, but Astros starter remains great
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Lance McCullers Jr. ready to pitch for Astros
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Lance McCullers Jr. in Houston for World Series Game 6
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