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On November 6, 2018, McCullers underwent Tommy John surgery to repair a torn UCL in his right elbow and was ruled out for the entire 2019 baseball season. McCullers completed his rehab from Tommy John Surgery in early November, 2019.

On October 21, 2017, McCullers pitched four scoreless innings in relief and earned his first career save in a 4–0 win over the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the ALCS. This sent the Astros to their first World Series since 2005 and their first as a member of the AL, to face the Los Angeles Dodgers. He drew the start in Game 3 for his first career World Series start, and again in Game 7. The Astros won the Series in the seventh game for the first title in franchise history, and first for McCullers.

In 2016, the Lance McCullers Jr. Foundation, a non-profit organization, was established by McCullers and his family to advocate for stray and homeless animals.

McCullers began the 2015 season with the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League. The Astros promoted him to the Fresno Grizzlies of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League on May 14, and then announced he would make his major league debut on May 18. He allowed one run, three walks and three hits while striking out five batters in 4 2/3 innings. He took a no-decision in the Astros' 2–1 loss to the Oakland Athletics." He threw his first career complete game against the Baltimore Orioles on June 3, 2015. He would remain in the Astros rotation and finish with 22 starts. McCullers began the 2016 season on the disabled list with shoulder soreness. McCullers finished the season 6-5 in 14 starts.

McCullers is a Catholic and spoke about his faith in a video for the Astros' Faith and Family Night in 2015.

McCullers married longtime girlfriend Kara Kilfoile in December 2015. In June 2019 they announced that their first child, a girl. McCuller’s first daughter was born on February 2020.

For the 2014 season, McCullers was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League. On April 29, 2014, McCullers and Kyle Smith combined to tie a Lancaster franchise record with 17 strikeouts against the High Desert Mavericks. The JetHawks went on to become the 2014 California League Champions after beating the Northern Division Champion Visalia Rawhide.

The Astros placed McCullers on the disabled list (DL) due to a back injury, and he returned on June 24. He was selected to the All-Star Game, finishing the first half of the season with a record of 7–2 and 106 strikeouts. With a recurring back injury, McCullers returned to the DL after July 30, after posting a 7.45 ERA and 1–5 W–L in between DL stints.

McCullers began the season in the rotation, going 10–6 through 22 starts before landing on the disabled list on August 5 with discomfort in his right elbow. After missing more than a month because of the injury, he returned towards the last 2 weeks of the regular season in a bullpen role, appearing in 3 games. He threw a curve 47.4% of the time, tops in MLB.

McCullers graduated from Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida. He was named the Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year in 2012.

The Houston Astros selected McCullers in the first round, with the 41st overall selection, of the 2012 MLB Draft. He signed with the Astros, receiving a $2.5 million signing bonus. McCullers pitched for the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League for the 2013 season when the River Bandits won the Midwest League championship.

The Astros assigned McCullers to the starting rotation at the outset of 2017 season. From May 6−23, he delivered 22 scoreless innings, which among Astros pitchers, was the longest scoreless inning streak since Roy Oswalt completed 32 from August 27 through September 11, 2008. In that same span, McCullers also became the first Astros pitcher since Nolan Ryan in 1984 to allow no earned runs over at least five innings pitched in each of four consecutive appearances.

Lance Graye McCullers Jr. (born October 2, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Astros selected McCullers in the first round of the 2012 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut in 2015 and was an All-Star in 2017.

His father, Lance McCullers, played in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 1992.