McCullers' agent, Scott Boras, said Wednesday that he does not believe there will any lingering effects come next season of the shoulder and elbow injuries that limited McCullers in 2016, the Houston Chronicle reports. "There's nothing from the doctors that we've heard that would suggest that there's going to be any problem for '17," Boras said.
Boras went on to clarify that he expects McCullers to be 100 percent healthy for the start of spring training. McCullers hit the DL in early August with elbow discomfort but progressed to throwing off a mound by late September, so it seems likely he'll be able to have a normal offseason. A shoulder issue delayed McCullers at the start of the 2016 season, and between the two injuries, he only made 14 starts for the Astros.