The 2023 season for the Kansas City Royals was one in the same as it has been in the past few seasons. The Royals finished 56-106 and last place in the American League Central division for the second straight season.
The Cubs (and all other teams) should do this, too. Something looks very good on the back of Michael Wacha’s Royals jersey, as shown above. As hinted in
Finished is the long and mundane offseason drag and spring training is now here. With that, projections and speculations are trickling in as more fans and baseball insiders try to guess the layout of the 2024 season.
This offseason has been full of fascinating transactions, from Shohei Ohtani‘s record-breaking contract to Juan Soto‘s trade to the New York Yankees.
The Royals have been one of the game’s most active teams this winter but don’t appear done with their offseason just yet.
The Kansas City Royals officially announced the signing of new starting pitcher Michael Wacha on Monday. As a result of his signing, the Royals needed a spot on the 40-man roster.
The Royals receive 18-year-old pitcher Cesar Espinal. The Royals announced they have traded pitcher Jonathan Heasley to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for 18-year-old pitcher Cesar Espinal.
The San Diego Padres' offseason strategy came back into play on Friday after former starting pitcher Michael Wacha signed a two-way contract with the Kansas City Royals.
The Kansas City Royals’ shrewd offseason continues.
The Kansas City Royals haven't landed any superstars this offseason, but they've arguably been the busiest team in all of baseball in the last few weeks.
Are the Kansas City Royals going to leave any free agents left for anyone else? News broke today that the Royals have signed both outfielder Hunter Renfroe
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.
The Royals’ wide-ranging search for rotation help has led to discussions with free agents Michael Wacha and Jack Flaherty.
The St. Louis Cardinals need to add multiple starting pitchers this offseason. They already have been linked to multiple top-tier free-agent starters and may land one or two of them.
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.
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.
The Orioles are showing continued interest in Red Sox free agent Michael Wacha, according to Jon Morosi of MLB.com. Morosi notes that Wacha’s market could move quickly now that fellow free agent starters Noah Syndergaard and Michael Lorenzen have reportedly agreed to deals with the Dodgers and Tigers, respectively.
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.
After one major league pitcher wreaked havoc on the home clubhouse earlier this week, the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox will be welcoming in another member of Boston's starting rotation on a rehab assignment on Sunday.
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.
Wacha began the campaign as one of Boston's top starters, as he accumulated a 3-0 record, a 1.38 ERA and an 0.92 WHIP across five starts.
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