Astros Star Lance McCullers Jr. Says He Received Death Threats After His Outing

McCullers didn't hold back on the details.

Per Chandler Rome of The Athletic (subscription required), the pitcher said, "It's been a tough evening. I understand people are very passionate and people love the Astros and love sports, but threatening to find my kids and murder them is a little bit tough to deal with."

McCullers confirmed that the threats were on social media and gave even more detail about the threats he and his family received.

"I think bringing kids into the equation, threatening to find them or next time they see us in public, they're going to stab my kids to death, it's tough to hear as a dad," he added.

Understandably, Joe Espada was extremely upset.

"I just left my office, and it's very unfortunate that there are people who are threatening his life and the life of his kids because of his performance," he stated, reportedly slamming a platform at one point during his comments. "It's very unfortunate that we have to deal with this. After all he's done for this city, this team, the fact that we have to talk about that in my office, I got kids, too. It really drives me nuts. It's very sad. Very, very sad."

It goes without saying that this is beyond inappropriate behavior by those who made the threats.

The Houston Police Department and MLB security were notified, so hopefully something can be done.

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