Michael Wacha continued his mastery of the Los Angeles Angels and was supported by home runs from Vinnie Pasquantino and Dairon Blanco in the Kansas City Royals' 10-4 victory Thursday night in Anaheim, Calif.
Michael Wacha looked great through six, and then struggled Few teams are more dependent on one player than the Kansas City Royals are on Bobby Witt Jr.
There are a handful of teams that are doing a lot better than expected so far this season.
You take what you can get! In the middle of their offensive tailspin, the Royals used a timely error in the field to come from behind and defeat the Blue Jays 3-2.
Coming off a 2-1 Thursday in which we cashed tickets of +144 and +124, we're looking to keep the momentum rolling into the weekend. Here are our three favorite K props for Friday's MLB slate.
The Kansas City Royals are starting out the season on fire. Whether or not it is sustainable is the real question.
MJ Melendez hit a key homer and Michael Wacha tossed seven shutout innings as the host Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-0 on Saturday night.
The Kansas City Royals’ shrewd offseason continues.
The Royals’ active offseason is continuing, as Kansas City has agreed to terms with free agent righty Michael Wacha.
Now that Shohei Ohtani is officially off the market, the Los Angeles Angels have to start building out their starting rotation. The front office understands that they won’t go anywhere next season if they don’t have pitching, so it’s been a priority this offseason.
There wasn't much that went right for the San Diego Padres during the 2023 season, but the performance of starting pitcher Michael Wacha was one of them.
The first domino may be falling for the Padres roster. Dennis Lin of The Athletic reported Saturday that the Padres have declined their two-year, $32M club option on veteran righty Michael Wacha.
Wacha will now have the opportunity to decide between exercising a $6.5M player option for the 2024 season or hitting the open market.
As they enter into their offseason, the Padres have some big decisions to make on a few players that could be free agents. One of those is starting pitcher Michael Wacha, who was great for the Friars this season.
Most of the 2023 season was a disappointment for the San Diego Padres, as they saw their strong offseason be all for nothing. The team ended up missing the postseason after struggling to put any sort of consistency together until the final few weeks of the year.
Prior to veteran pitcher Michael Wacha's arrival last month, the Padre's front office were not sure which direction their pitching plans were going. The positive statistics from last season obviously made them want to run it back with a six-man rotation but they also lost some key firepower during free agency.
The San Diego Padres’ agreement with veteran starting pitcher Michael Wacha breaks away from many MLB contract norms and could revolutionize certain future deals in the league.
Former Red Sox starter Michael Wacha has agreed to a deal with the Padres, as was first reported by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. According to the Associated
Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to their respective spring training sites in Arizona and Florida in just a matter of days, yet Michael Wacha remains unsigned despite being the top free agent starting pitcher still on the market.
Wacha, 31, is coming off a strong campaign for Boston, where he threw 127 1/3 innings of 3.32 ERA ball over 23 starts. Advanced metrics weren’t particularly encouraged by Wacha’s work, and his previous two seasons of work had amounted to a 5.39 ERA. Nevertheless, it was a promising outing for the veteran right-hander and even some regression could still make him a solid back-of-the-rotation option for a number of teams.
Free agent right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha is seeking a contract in which he will be paid $15 million per year, USA Today's Bob Nightengale reports.
Wacha has 10 seasons of MLB experience under his belt, and he carries a 4.05 ERA in more than 1,100 career innings. Last season, Wacha made 23 starts and tallied 127 1/3 innings, pitching to a quality 3.32 ERA.
Would Red Sox impending free-agent pitcher Michael Wacha return to Boston next season? It certainly appears so after his final press conference of the season.
The Red Sox open up arguably their biggest series of the 2022 season thus far on Thursday, when they face the rival Yankees.
The Red Sox are hopeful that Michael Wacha will be able to start against the Yankees on Friday night, manager Alex Cora told reporters (including MLB.com’s Ian Browne) prior to Tuesday’s contest with the Rays at Fenway Park.
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