Drew Rasmussen or Michael Wacha
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| Drew Rasmussen SP - TB  | Michael Wacha SP - KC  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 11 | 12 |
| Games Started | 11 | 12 |
| Innings Pitched | 59.0 | 75.1 |
| Wins | 4 | 4 |
| Losses | 2 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 47 | 58 |
| Earned Runs | 22 | 27 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 55 | 65 |
| Walks | 12 | 26 |
| ERA | 3.36 | 3.23 |
| WHIP | 1.00 | 1.12 |
| Drew Rasmussen SP - TB | Michael Wacha SP - KC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 30 | 29 |
| Games Started | 30 | 29 |
| Innings Pitched | 152.9 | 164.5 |
| Wins | 10 | 10 |
| Losses | 8 | 10 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 137 | 162 |
| Earned Runs | 60 | 75 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 17 | 22 |
| Strikeouts | 137 | 128 |
| Walks | 40 | 48 |
| ERA | 3.54 | 4.13 |
| WHIP | 1.16 | 1.28 |
| Drew Rasmussen SP - TB | Michael Wacha SP - KC | |
| News | ||
| Drew Rasmussen allowed five earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Saturday's 14-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 31st | Michael Wacha allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's loss to the Yankees. Chase Davis Tue, May 26th | |
| Drew Rasmussen will start for the Rays on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out eight over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Thu, May 21st | |
| Drew Rasmussen allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out two over 5.1 innings in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 18th | Michael Wacha allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Friday's loss to the Cardinals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th | |
| Drew Rasmussen allowed three runs on four hits and one walk across six innings in Monday's 8-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, May 12th | Michael Wacha allowed zero earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out six over seven innings in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sun, May 10th | |
| Drew Rasmussen allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th | Michael Wacha allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three over seven innings in Monday's 6-2 win over the Guardians. Chase Davis Tue, May 5th | |
| Notes | ||
| Everyone seems to be forgetting the Rays are moving back into their spacious, pitcher-friendly ballpark in 2026 and ranking Drew Rasmussen way too low. He gave up more than 1.0 HR/9 for the first time in his career, but allowed twice as many at home in George Steinbrenner Field, which he won't have to deal with this season. His strikeout rate is middle of the road at 21.7%, but his walk rate is an impressive 6.3%, offering a WHIP below 1.10 every year of his career. He started 31 games last season, and even though his xERA (3.43) was higher than his actual (2.76), his ERA and FIP numbers from the previous two years, when he got to pitch at Tropicana Field, were stellar. It's worth it to target all of the Rays pitchers, but Rasmussen leads the way and would make a solid SP3 or SP4 on any fantasy pitching staff. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros | ||
| The only thing preventing Rasmussen from entering the top 15 starter realm is the start-to-start load management, which is not projected to change. However, you'll get consistently good starts and great ratios, although the lack of innings pitched will cap his upside. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal | ||
| Drew Rasmussen SP - TB | Michael Wacha SP - KC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #209 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #276 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CWS | Jordan Leasure | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #303 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | |
| Mon, May 11th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #309 | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-4) | #420 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs DET | Ty Madden | #279 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #118 | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-3) | #82 | |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ LAA | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ LAA | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ LAA | vs HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ LAD | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ LAD | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ LAD | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs WSH | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs WSH | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs WSH | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs KC | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs KC | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs KC | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs KC | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ KC | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ KC | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ KC | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ HOU | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ HOU | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ HOU | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYY | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs NYY | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs NYY | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs NYY | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs SEA | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs SEA | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs SEA | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ BOS | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ BOS | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ BOS | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ TOR | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs TEX | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs TEX | @ MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs TEX | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ COL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SEA | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SEA | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SEA | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATH | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ ATH | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ ATH | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BAL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BAL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BAL | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs BAL | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs TOR | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs TOR | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs TOR | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ BAL | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ BAL | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ BAL | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ DET | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ DET | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs SD | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs SD | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs SD | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYM | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYM | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ TEX | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ ATL | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ ATL | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs HOU | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs HOU | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs HOU | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ PHI | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ PHI | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ PHI | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | ||||
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | |||||
