Roster player dossier · Almanac edition
Kansas City Royals · bats R
Michael Wacha.
Season production, recent form, handedness splits, and role context. Descriptive only—no live recommendation is shown here.
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Whiff rate is steady across 193 recent pitches versus a non-overlapping baseline.
Completed performance and hot form remain supporting evidence; neither creates a Posterior Decision on its own.
00 / Public almanac
Season stats and recent form · descriptive, not predictive.
2026 pitching line
Run prevention and workload.
IP
144.0
2026 innings
ERA
3.44
earned runs
WHIP
1.15
walks plus hits
FIP
3.96
fielding independent
K/9
7.0
strikeouts per nine
BB/9
2.6
walks per nine
K / BB
112 / 41
strikeouts / walks
HR
17
home runs allowed
BF
585
batters faced
Savant and arsenal
Expected contact, splits, and pitch shape.
xERA
00.2 / Career lines
Season-by-season record · descriptive, not predictive.
Pitching · 14 seasons
MLB regular season
| Season | Tm | G | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | BB/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 23 | 23 | 144.0 | 3.44 | 1.15 | 7.00 | 2.56 |
| 2025 | KC | 31 |
00.3 / Last 12
Current performance across roughly four series · descriptive, not predictive.
Pitching · last 12 games
| Date | Opp | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/6 | vs MIN | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 7/31 | @ COL | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
00.4 / Statcast card
Season percentile ranks vs. the qualified MLB pool · descriptive, not predictive.
Statcast season card · 2026 · Pitching
League-average profile across the board.
Posterior percentiles vs. qualified MLB pool · Statcast window Apr 24 – Aug 7 · context only
Expected run prevention
xERA
47
4.15
Contact allowed
Barrel %
35
6.3%
Hard-Hit %
33
21.9%
Avg. Exit Velo
00.5 / Statcast form
Nightly Statcast trends · descriptive, not predictive.
Statcast form · Whiff and command
Whiffs and command are holding steady.
Posterior Statcast graph · through 2026-08-08 · context only
Whiff rate
22.8%
Baseline 15.5% · Δ +7.3%
Zone rate
46.1%
Baseline 51.6% · Δ -5.5%
Average velocity (mph)
86.6 mph
Baseline 87.0 mph · Δ -0.4 mph
Recent window
193
vs 797 baseline pitches
STEADY · recent vs non-overlapping baselineAs of Aug 9, 2026
Statcast form — descriptive fan context from the point-in-time Statcast graph, not a betting recommendation. It does not move any Posterior probability.
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