MICHAEL WACHA

2026-08-06 vs Royals

RHPRank BTwins vs Royals

5.2

R / ER

1/1

Movement

EXT 6.68 ft

avg pfxX
-2.42

avg pfxZ
4.12

Spin
1982

Release Angle
42°

vs LHB

70 tracked pitches

vs RHB

24 tracked pitches

Pitch Frequency / Usage

vs LHB%

30%↓

Four-Seam Fastball 31%

vs RHB%

33%↑

vs LHB%

34%↑

Changeup 29%

vs RHB%

13%↓

vs LHB%

14%↑

Sinker 13%

vs RHB%

8%↓

vs LHB%

13%↑

Curveball 12%

vs RHB%

8%↓

vs LHB%

4%↓

Slider 9%

vs RHB%

21%↑

vs LHB%

4%↓

Cutter 7%

vs RHB%

17%↑

Arrows are vs overall usage

Pitch Arsenal

Velocity, shape, command, and outcome by pitch type

6 pitch types

Pitch	#	%	Velo	Spin	Ext	Zone%	Strike%	CSW%	Whiff%	FStuff+
Four-Seam Fastball	29	30.9	92.8	2110	6.68	65.5	27.6	27.6	3.4	126
Changeup	27	28.7	80.3	1488	6.65	44.4	11.1	11.1	7.4	87
Sinker	12	12.8	93.4	2025	6.75	58.3	8.3	8.3	0.0	97
Curveball	11	11.7	75.3	2157	6.59	18.2	9.1	9.1	0.0	83
Slider	8	8.5	84.4	1996	6.73	25.0	12.5	12.5	0.0	79
Cutter	7	7.4	90.1	2116	6.72	57.1	14.3	14.3	14.3	98
Total	94	100.0	86.3	1917	6.68	48.9	16.0	16.0	4.3	100

Detailed Log

Pitch-by-pitch details

Pitch events from MLB Stats API

#	Inning	Batter	Side	Type	Velo	Count	Call	Result
1	1 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Four-Seam Fastball	90.5	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	1 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.9	0-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	1 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Changeup	79.4	0-3	Swinging Strike	Trevor Larnach strikes out swinging, catcher Carter Jensen to first baseman Jac Caglianone.
1	1 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Four-Seam Fastball	91.8	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	1 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Four-Seam Fastball	91.9	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	1 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Slider	84.4	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	1 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Four-Seam Fastball	92.5	3-1	Ball	Ball
5	1 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Four-Seam Fastball	91.9	3-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
6	1 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.3	3-2	In play, out(s)	Luke Keaschall flies out sharply to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
1	1 Top	Kody Clemens	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.4	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	1 Top	Kody Clemens	L	Changeup	79.9	1-1	Foul	Foul
3	1 Top	Kody Clemens	L	Changeup	79.7	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	1 Top	Kody Clemens	L	Sinker	93.3	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	1 Top	Kody Clemens	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.6	2-2	In play, out(s)	Kody Clemens flies out to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
1	2 Top	Josh Bell	L	Four-Seam Fastball	91.1	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	2 Top	Josh Bell	L	Changeup	78.9	0-2	Foul	Foul
3	2 Top	Josh Bell	L	Sinker	92.8	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	2 Top	Josh Bell	L	Curveball	75.4	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	2 Top	Josh Bell	L	Changeup	80.1	3-2	Ball	Ball
6	2 Top	Josh Bell	L	Sinker	94.0	4-2	Ball	Josh Bell walks.
1	2 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Cutter	90.1	0-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
2	2 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Slider	85.6	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	2 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Slider	83.4	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	2 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.4	1-2	Foul	Foul
5	2 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Four-Seam Fastball	93.3	2-2	Ball	Ball
6	2 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Changeup	80.3	2-2	Foul	Foul
7	2 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Changeup	80.3	3-2	Ball	Ball
8	2 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Sinker	93.9	3-2	Foul	Foul
9	2 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Cutter	89.8	3-2	In play, out(s)	Royce Lewis lines out sharply to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
1	2 Top	Brooks Lee	L	Curveball	74.1	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	2 Top	Brooks Lee	L	Changeup	80.2	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	2 Top	Brooks Lee	L	Sinker	92.4	2-0	In play, out(s)	Brooks Lee lines into an unassisted double play, first baseman Jac Caglianone. Josh Bell out at 1st.
1	3 Top	Alan Roden	L	Four-Seam Fastball	91.4	0-1	Foul Bunt	Foul Bunt
2	3 Top	Alan Roden	L	Slider	83.0	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	3 Top	Alan Roden	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.4	1-1	In play, no out	Alan Roden doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder John Rave.
1	3 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.4	0-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
2	3 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Changeup	80.7	1-1	Ball In Dirt	Ball In Dirt
3	3 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Changeup	80.9	1-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
4	3 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Changeup	80.4	2-2	Ball In Dirt	Ball In Dirt
5	3 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Sinker	93.1	3-2	Ball	Ball
6	3 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.1	3-2	In play, out(s)	Victor Caratini grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Jac Caglianone. Alan Roden to 3rd.
1	3 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Curveball	76.1	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	3 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Changeup	81.4	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	3 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Changeup	80.5	3-0	Ball	Ball
4	3 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Sinker	91.7	3-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
5	3 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.8	3-1	In play, out(s)	Tristan Gray flies out to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.
1	3 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Curveball	76.0	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	3 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.7	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	3 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Changeup	81.2	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	3 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Cutter	91.4	2-1	In play, out(s)	Trevor Larnach grounds out, second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Jac Caglianone.
1	4 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Cutter	88.0	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	4 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Slider	84.6	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	4 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Changeup	80.1	1-1	In play, out(s)	Luke Keaschall flies out to second baseman Michael Massey.
1	4 Top	Kody Clemens	L	Curveball	74.9	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	4 Top	Kody Clemens	L	Changeup	80.3	0-1	In play, out(s)	Kody Clemens flies out to left fielder Isaac Collins.
1	4 Top	Josh Bell	L	Curveball	75.7	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Top	Josh Bell	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.0	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	4 Top	Josh Bell	L	Changeup	80.0	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	4 Top	Josh Bell	L	Slider	84.0	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	4 Top	Josh Bell	L	Sinker	93.9	2-2	In play, out(s)	Josh Bell grounds out, first baseman Jac Caglianone to pitcher Michael Wacha.
1	5 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Curveball	75.1	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	5 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Curveball	75.6	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	5 Top	Royce Lewis	R	Sinker	93.3	2-0	In play, run(s)	Royce Lewis homers (13) on a fly ball to left field.
1	5 Top	Brooks Lee	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.9	0-0	In play, out(s)	Brooks Lee flies out to left fielder Isaac Collins.
1	5 Top	Alan Roden	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.2	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	5 Top	Alan Roden	L	Curveball	74.8	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	5 Top	Alan Roden	L	Changeup	80.2	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	5 Top	Alan Roden	L	Changeup	80.0	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	5 Top	Alan Roden	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.6	2-2	In play, out(s)	Alan Roden pops out softly to catcher Carter Jensen in foul territory.
1	5 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.8	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	5 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Changeup	80.1	1-1	Foul	Foul
3	5 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Changeup	80.2	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	5 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Cutter	88.6	3-1	Ball	Ball
5	5 Top	Victor Caratini	L	Sinker	92.3	4-1	Ball	Victor Caratini walks.
1	5 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Curveball	74.7	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	5 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Changeup	81.1	1-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
3	5 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.2	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	5 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.3	3-1	Ball	Ball
5	5 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.6	3-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
6	5 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Changeup	80.7	3-2	Foul	Foul
7	5 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.9	3-2	Foul	Foul
8	5 Top	Tristan Gray	L	Changeup	80.9	4-2	Ball	Tristan Gray walks. Victor Caratini to 2nd.
1	5 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Changeup	81.1	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	5 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Cutter	91.1	0-2	Foul	Foul
3	5 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Sinker	95.0	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	5 Top	Trevor Larnach	L	Sinker	94.6	1-2	In play, no out	Trevor Larnach singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Josh Rojas, deflected by pitcher Michael Wacha. Victor Caratini to 3rd. Tristan Gray to 2nd.
1	5 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Slider	84.9	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	5 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Cutter	91.7	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	5 Top	Luke Keaschall	R	Four-Seam Fastball	93.6	2-0	In play, out(s)	Luke Keaschall flies out to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
1	6 Top	Kody Clemens	L	Slider	85.2	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	6 Top	Kody Clemens	L	Changeup	79.1	0-1	In play, out(s)	Kody Clemens flies out to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
1	6 Top	Josh Bell	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.3	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	6 Top	Josh Bell	L	Curveball	76.4	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	6 Top	Josh Bell	L	Changeup	81.6	2-0	In play, out(s)	Josh Bell pops out to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

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