Let’s take a look at the game notes my friends the Mets sent me!
And let’s learn more about tonight’s #4 Stater Michael Wacha, but first, a quote from the Mets GM.
…more than anything else I am thrilled with the pitching staff we have.”
Wacha went 6-7 with a 4.76 ERA across 29 games (24 starts) in his last season with the Cardinals…In 126.2 innings, he walked 55 batters and fanned 104.
Wacha has never faced Boston in the regular season, but he has made two starts against Boston in his career, both of which came in the 2013 World Series…He won Game 2 of that Fall Classic, tossing a quality start (6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER)…He was the losing pitcher in the series’ decisive Game 6 (3.2 IP, 5 H, 6 ER).
Wacha was one of just two starting pitchers with to post a HR/9 ratio under 1.00 every season from 2013-2018, joined by Gio González… However, Wacha suffered from an abnormally high home run rate of 1.85 HR/9 last season, nearly double his career rate of 1.01 HR/9.
Wacha comes from a family of athletes…His brother, Lucas, played linebacker at the University of Wyoming…His sister, Brette, played basketball at Southern Arkansas University…His uncle, Dusty Rogers, played professional baseball in the Cincinnati Reds organization from 1984-1988.
