{"id":6944,"date":"2026-07-15T20:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6944"},"modified":"2026-07-15T20:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:24:33","slug":"astros-to-trade-lance-mccullers-jr-colton-gordon-to-brewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6944","title":{"rendered":"Astros To Trade Lance McCullers Jr., Colton Gordon To Brewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>10:15am:<\/strong> The Brewers are also acquiring left-hander <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gordoco01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colton Gordon<\/a><\/strong> in the deal, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/2077411229644054867\">per Jon Heyman of the New York Post<\/a>. His inclusion gives Milwaukee a controllable 27-year-old lefty who\u2019s already made his big league debut but has yet to see his strong Triple-A production carry over to the big leagues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:05am:<\/strong> McCullers has agreed to waive his no-trade clause and has been informed he is being traded to the Brewers, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Chandler_Rome\/status\/2077408790530466146\">reports<\/a> Chandler Rome of The Athletic. USA Today\u2019s Bob Nightengale <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BNightengale\/status\/2077410405064769878\">reports<\/a> that the Astros will indeed pay down a portion of what\u2019s remaining on the contract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:52am:<\/strong> The Brewers and Astros are finalizing a trade that will send righty <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcculla02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lance McCullers Jr.<\/a><\/strong> from Houston to Milwaukee, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brianmctaggart\/status\/2077405028218716647\">reports<\/a> Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. He\u2019ll need to waive a no-trade clause to make the deal happen, but that\u2019s likely already taken place if things are indeed in the process of being finalized.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a surprising and out-of-the-blue deal. McCullers hasn\u2019t pitched since May 13 due to a shoulder injury and hasn\u2019t been effective when healthy. He went on a minor league rehab stint on June 25 and has made three solid appearances thus far.<\/p>\n<p>This is surely a salary-motivated move for Houston. McCullers is being paid $17MM in the final season of a five-year, $85MM contract, but he hasn\u2019t pitched well since the 2022 season. McCullers missed all of 2023-24 due to a flexor tear that required surgery, and he\u2019s posted a 6.65 ERA in 94 2\/3 innings dating back to last season. If the Brewers are willing to take on even a small portion of the approximate $6.672MM on McCullers\u2019 contract, that\u2019d free up some more resources for the \u2018Stros as they gear up to make some additions ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The Brewers, of course, have a reputation as one of the better pitching development organizations in the industry. Milwaukee\u2019s \u201cpitch lab\u201d has helped engineer turnarounds and\/or breakouts for hurlers like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/priesqu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quinn Priester<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harriky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kyle Harrison<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/myersto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tobias Myers<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/megiltr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trevor Megill<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/payamjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joel Payamps<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hudsobr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bryan Hudson<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wilsobr02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bryse Wilson<\/a><\/strong> upon acquiring them in recent years. They\u2019ll hope to add McCullers to that list of success stories, though the six years of control over Gordon they\u2019re picking up is the more appealing end of the deal for them.<\/p>\n<p><em>More to come.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10:15am: The Brewers are also acquiring left-hander Colton Gordon in the deal, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post. His inclusion gives Milwaukee a controllable 27-year-old lefty who\u2019s already made his big league debut but has yet to see his strong Triple-A production carry over to the big leagues. 10:05am: McCullers has agreed to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mlbtraderumors.com\/files\/2026\/07\/lance-mccullers-astros-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-trending-viral-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}