Michael Wacha’s pre- and post-Travis Ishikawa walk-off career can be defined largely by injury, almost as though his body no longer wants him to throw baseballs. Seriously. Here’s his injury list over the last five years:
- 6/22/2014: Stress reaction in right shoulder. (15-day IL)
- 7/30/2014: Stress reaction in right shoulder. (60-day IL)
- 8/9/2016: Right shoulder inflammation.
- 6/21/2018: Left oblique strain. (10-day IL)
- 9/10/2018: Left oblique strain. (60-day IL)
- 4/22/2019: Left knee patellar tendinitis (10-day IL)
He started the year in the Cardinals’ rotation, but after a 5.