After a brilliant debut against the Royals Thursday, Michael Wacha's second start against the Diamondbacks Tuesday was nothing short of disastrous. But that doesn't mean you should drop him.
Maybe he needed a taste of just how tough the big leagues can be after waltzing through what amounts to a Triple-A lineup in his first go. But his stuff is still as good as ever, and with just one walk in 11 2/3 innings so far, he has control to make it work.
I do worry that another bad start could make him rather than Tyler Lyons the odd man out whenever Jake Westbrook returns for the Cardinals, but I'd rather not risk losing him to someone else with another good start.
For what it's worth, I did drop him to 60th in my starting pitcher rankings, so if Kevin Gausman or Francisco Liriano was still out there, I'd be willing to swap him out for the hotter hand. But I still believe enough in Wacha's potential that I'm not ready to move on to Zack Wheeler or Jarrod Parker just yet.