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Michael Wacha

Michael Joseph Wacha

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 1, 1991 in Iowa City, Iowa, US
High School: Pleasant Grove HS (Texarkana, TX)
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (19th) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX).

Prospect Ratings by Baseball America:
Pre-2013: Rated #76 Prospect

Prospect Ratings by MLB.com:
Pre-2013: Rated #83 Prospect

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Michael Wacha

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Pitching: 2013 / 2012
Batting: 2013 / 2012

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5/23 El Maquino: TYLER LYONS: SO FAR, SO GOOD: > Tyler Lyons made his debut start for the Cardinals, filling...
5/22 Redbird Rants: The Great Lyons/Wacha Debate: Ever since it became known that the Cardinals intended to promote...
5/22 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: The Next 2012 First-Rounder To Be Called Up: The Orioles made headlines last night by announcing the promotion...
5/22 El Maquino: DESCALSO AND WAINWRIGHT CHOP UP THE PADS: > Adam Wainwright is inevitably going to go somewhat overlooked...
5/21 STLCardinalBaseball: Player Spotlight: Tyler Lyons: Over the weekend the Cardinals received horrible-but-unsurprising...
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5/21 MLBTradeRumors: Midseason Top Prospect Trades: How often are top prospects traded midseason? Using trade periods...
5/20 CardinalsFarm.com: Why Tyler Lyons was the chosen one, for now.: This past weekend, it was announced that Triple-A pitcher Tyler...
5/19 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Hart, Choo, Arroyo, Cardinals: Brewers GM Doug Melvin indirectly shed some light on the philosophical...
5/19 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Who should start for St. Louis in Garcia’s spot?: Reviewing various starting pitching options for the St. Louis...
5/18 STLCardinalBaseball: Let’s Talk About Garcia: On June 10, 2012, I predicted that Jaime Garcia would require...
5/18 CardinalsFarm.com: Michael Wacha: Why not Now?: The St. Louis Cardinals starting rotation has taken some hits...
5/18 El Maquino: WHAT NEXT AFTER JAIME GOES DOWN?: > The team announced this afternoon that Jaime Garcia has...
5/17 Redbird Rants: The Cardinals Future is in Pitching: As we await what the future of Chris Carpenter‘s career...
5/17 Baseball News Source: 2013 MLB Mock Draft – First Round Prospects and Projections: The 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft looms in the minds of each of...
5/17 CardinalsFarm.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Five Prospects Ready for Promotion – Part 2: About a month ago we detailed five prospects that were ready for...
5/17 CardinalsFarm.com: Wacha, Wong, and Jackson lead Memphis – 5/16 Farm Report: The Baby Birds went 3-2 on Thursday as pitching and prospects...
5/16 The DoubleDay: Who Hangs Up First?: With trade season only a few months away, we'll take a look at...
5/16 CardinalsFarm.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Mock Draft Review – Part 3: With the draft just 22 days away, I thought I would take a look...

Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2012	20	3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-Rk	STL	0		0.86	11	2	2	21.0	8	2	2	1	4	40	2	75	0.571	3.4	0.4	1.7	17.1	10.00
2012	20	Cardinals	GULF	Rk	STL	0		1.80	3	2	0	5.0	4	1	1	1	0	7	0	19	0.800	7.2	1.8	0.0	12.6
2012	20	Palm Beach	FLOR	A+	STL	0		0.00	4	0	2	8.0	1	0	0	0	1	16	1	26	0.250	1.1	0.0	1.1	18.0	16.00
2012	20	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	0		1.12	4	0	0	8.0	3	1	1	0	3	17	1	30	0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	19.1	5.67
2013	21	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	4	1.000	2.05	9	9	0	52.2	35	13	12	5	15	34	3	206	0.949	6.0	0.9	2.6	5.8	2.27
2 Seasons						4	1.000	1.71	20	11	2	73.2	43	15	14	6	19	74	5	281	0.842	5.3	0.7	2.3	9.0	3.89

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
2012	20	3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-Rk	STL	11	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2012	20	Cardinals	GULF	Rk	STL	3	0	0	0	0					0
2012	20	Palm Beach	FLOR	A+	STL	4	0	0	0	0					0
2012	20	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	4	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2013	21	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	3	6	6	1	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1
2 Seasons						14	7	7	1	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
2012	20	3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-Rk	STL	P	11	3	0	3	0	1.000	0.27	1	0	0%
2012	20	Cardinals	GULF	Rk	STL	P	3	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	0
2012	20	Palm Beach	FLOR	A+	STL	P	4	1	0	1	0	1.000	0.25	1	0	0%
2012	20	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	P	4	2	0	2	0	1.000	0.50	0	0
2013	21	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	P	9	15	4	10	1	.933	1.56
2 Seasons							20	18	4	13	1	.944	0.85	1	0	0%

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2012	20	GCL Cardinals	Gulf Coast League	Rk	STL		2012-07-11	2012-07-24
2012	20	Palm Beach Cardinals	Florida State League	A+	STL		2012-07-30	2012-08-14
2012	20	Springfield Cardinals	Texas League	AA	STL		2012-08-19	2012-09-02
2013	21	Memphis Redbirds	Pacific Coast League	AAA	STL	1	2013-04-07	2013-05-21

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