They ain’t kidding when they say when it rains, it pours. Everything is going poorly for the Red Sox right now, both on the field and in terms of injury. Prior to Saturday’s brutal loss to Chicago, we learned that both Chris Sale and James Paxton had suffered setbacks in their road back to the rotation. Now, we get bad news about Michael Wacha. We already knew he was scratched from today’s start, but the hope was that he’d be able to return next weekend to pitch in Texas. That’s now off the table.
The team announced Sunday morning that Wacha is being placed on the 15-day injured list for intercostal irritation.