It has been a bit of a sad story to see what the career of Michael Wacha has become after the promise he showed all the way back in 2013 in the playoffs pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals.
The primary reason that can be referenced as to why Wacha hasn’t turned into the 1-2 starter that the organization thought he was going to be is the injury bug. Plain and simple. Whether it was an oblique strain last year, the knee tendonitis he dealt with this season or the nagging stress reaction in his scapula that kept him out much of 2014 and then came back in 2016.