FORT MYERS, Fla. • With his reach and the steep angle of his fastball when it cuts down into the strike zone — at its best — Cardinals starter Michael Wacha has made a career by aiming down, down, down.
“I’m trying to hit the catcher right in his knees,” the righthander said. “Every fastball I throw I’m thinking down in the zone.”
This spring, the Cardinals want him looking up.
In his first start of spring training, Wacha had the outing his peers wanted with two brisk, scoreless innings Monday. He held the Minnesota Twins to one walk while getting outs on three groundouts and three flyouts.