Astros lose two-time World Series champion pitcher for season

The Astros announced that

underwent forearm surgery on Tuesday, which will end the right-hander’s 2023 season. The procedure removed a bone spur and, more significantly, repaired McCullers’ damaged right flexor tendon.

McCullers has been rehabbing a muscle strain suffered early in spring training. Houston GM Dana Brown said last month that the team was looking at the All-Star break as a very rough estimate for…