LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. • If they survive the next two weeks, the Cardinals intend to start the season with the rotation that was obvious when an injury found them in the opening hours of spring training.
Michael Wacha has secured a spot in the team's five-man rotation, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny confirmed Sunday morning.
The Cardinals turned to Wacha after rookie Alex Reyes was unable to start spring training due to an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery. Wacha was just as much an unknown entering spring, having missed time in two of the previous three seasons due to a shoulder injury.