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Current Contract
Michael Wacha signed a 2 year / $32,000,000 contract with the Kansas City Royals, including $32,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $16,000,000. In 2024, Wacha will earn a base salary of $16,000,000, while carrying a total salary of $16,000,000.
2024-2025 Free Agent
Contract: 2 yr(s) / $32,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $16,000,000 Free Agent: 2026 / UFA Year Age Service Status Base Salary Luxury Tax Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Salary Yearly Cash 2024 33 10.062 $16,000,000 $16,000,000 $16,000,000 $16,000,000 $16,000,000($16,000,000) 2025 34 Player $16,000,000 $16,000,000 $16,000,000 $16,000,000 $16,000,000($32,000,000) 2026 35 UFA Contract Notes:- Player Opt-Out available after 2024
- Annual Incentives (Innings Pitched)
$50,000 each for 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150
Sources: MLB contract specifics generally collected from Baseball Prospectus & Rotoworld.
Previous Contracts
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2024-2024Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,000,000 Free Agent: 2023-2026 Free Agent
Contract: 4 yr(s) / $26,000,000 Signing Bonus $3,500,000 Average Salary $6,500,000 Free Agent: 2022-2022 Free Agent
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $7,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $7,000,000 Free Agent: 2021-2021 Free Agent
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $3,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $3,000,000 Free Agent: 2020-2020 Free Agent
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $3,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $3,000,000 Free Agent: 2019-2019 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $6,350,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $6,350,000 Free Agent: 2018-2018 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $5,300,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $5,300,000 Free Agent: 2017-2017 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,775,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,775,000 Free Agent: 2016-2016 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $539,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $539,000 Free Agent: 2015-2015 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $520,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $520,000 Free Agent: 2014-2014 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $510,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $510,000 Free Agent: 2013-2013 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $490,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $490,000 Free Agent: 2012-2012Signing Bonus
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,900,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,900,000 Free Agent: -
Estimated Career Earnings
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 2012 - $1,900,000 - $1,900,000 2013 $166,011 - - $166,010 2014 $175,573 - - $175,573 2015 $520,000 - - $520,000 2016 $539,000 - - $539,000 2017 $2,775,000 - - $2,775,000 2018 $5,300,000 - - $5,300,000 2019 $6,350,000 - - $6,350,000 2020 $1,111,111 - $555,556 $1,666,666 2021 $3,000,000 - - $3,000,000 2022 $7,000,000 - - $7,000,000 2023 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $500,000 $8,000,000 2024 $16,000,000 - - $16,000,000 Est. Earnings
(12 seasons)$46,936,695 $5,400,000 $1,055,556 $53,392,249 2025 $16,000,000 - - $16,000,000 $62,936,695 $5,400,000 $1,055,556 $69,392,249 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 7 seasons $15,825,584 $1,900,000 - $17,725,583 1 seasons $1,111,111 - - $1,666,666 1 seasons $3,000,000 - - $3,000,000 1 seasons $7,000,000 - - $7,000,000 1 seasons $4,000,000 $3,500,000 - $8,000,000 1 seasons $16,000,000 - - $16,000,000 * denotes deferred payment -
Transactions
Dec 15 2023Signed a 2 year $32 million contract with Kansas City (KC)Nov 4 2023San Diego (SD) declined 2 year, $32 million option for 2024-2025Feb 14 2023Signed a 4 year $26 million contract with San Diego (SD), including conditional options from 2024-2026Nov 26 2021Signed a 1 year $7 million contract with Boston (BOS)Dec 18 2020Signed a 1 year $3 million contract with Tampa Bay (TB)Dec 11 2019Signed a 1 year $3 million contract with New York (NYM)Jan 11 2019Signed a 1 year $6.35 million contract with St. Louis (STL), avoiding arbitrationJan 12 2018Signed a 1 year $5.3 million contract with St. Louis (STL), avoiding arbitrationFeb 14 2017Signed a 1 year $2.775 million contract with St. Louis (STL), settling in arbitrationMar 2 2016Signed a 1 year $539k contract with St. Louis (STL)Mar 3 2015Signed a 1 year $520k contract with St. Louis (STL)Mar 3 2014Signed a 1 year $510,000 contract with St. Louis (STL)Jun 14 2012Signed a contract with St. Louis (STL)Jun 4 2012Drafted by St. Louis (STL): Round 1 (#19 overall) -
Injuries
A look at the injuries for Michael Wacha, and the financial implications.
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2024 Player Rankings
A visual look at how Michael Wacha ranks across the league, conference, division, and team.
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Statistics
Season Team GP GS IP H R ER BB K HR W L S ERA WHIP WAR 2024 KC 4 4 24.0 19 10 10 6 21 2 1 2 0 3.75 1.042 0 2023 SD 24 24 134.1 113 49 48 43 124 15 14 4 0 3.22 1.161 2.38 2022 BOS 23 23 127.1 111 49 47 31 104 18 11 2 0 3.32 1.115 3.31 2021 TB 30 23 124.2 132 73 70 31 121 23 3 5 0 5.05 1.307 -0.61 2020 NYM 8 7 34.0 46 26 25 7 37 9 1 4 0 6.62 1.559 -0.19 2019 STL 29 24 126.2 143 71 67 55 104 26 6 7 0 4.76 1.563 0.15 2018 STL 15 15 84.1 68 36 30 36 71 9 8 2 0 3.20 1.233 1.11 2017 STL 30 30 165.2 170 82 76 55 158 17 12 9 0 4.13 1.358 1.48 2016 STL 27 24 138.0 159 86 78 45 114 15 7 7 0 5.09 1.478 -0.22 2015 STL 30 30 181.1 162 74 68 58 153 19 17 7 0 3.38 1.213 3 2014 STL 19 19 107.0 95 41 38 33 94 6 5 6 0 3.20 1.196 1.4 2013 STL 15 9 64.2 52 20 20 19 65 5 4 1 0 2.78 1.098 1.86 Totals 254 232 1312.0 1,270 617 577 419 1,166 164 89 56 0 3.96 1.287 13.67