Michael Wacha looked really good yesterday. His fastball sat 92-93 mph and touched 96 a few times. The money pitch was the circle changeup; it was thrown with deception and has good fade; batters swung and missed 50 percent of the time. What impressed me the most from a fantasy perspective was the 53 percent ground ball rate. I love pitchers who can miss bats and generate a lot of ground balls. In terms of his delivery he puts a lot torque on the elbow right before he releases the ball, which gave me pause. My initial reaction to noticing that could lead to injury concerns … but honestly, anything could lead to injury. He only threw the curveball three times so I couldn’t get a real gauge of the pitch, but if he’s going to make it as a starter he’s going to need to develop that pitch into something more than a “show me” pitch.

Despite the solid box score from Eric Hosmer I’m not impressed as he’s still not hitting the ball with authority.

Despite the great matchup Andrew Cashner let down his fantasy owners. The problem was the feel for the changeup as he left it up and in the middle of the zone too often. He has the raw stuff to be a number 1-2 starter, but he doesn’t have the “I’m a badass” mentality I want to see from a pitcher of that caliber.