Michael Wacha or Ryan Pepiot

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News & Notes
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Michael Wacha or Ryan Pepiot Player Statistics
	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB	Michael Wacha SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	12

Innings Pitched	‐	75.1

Wins	‐	4

Losses	‐	3

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	58

Earned Runs	‐	27

Home Runs Allowed	‐	8

Strikeouts	‐	65

Walks	‐	26

ERA	‐	3.23

WHIP	‐	1.12

Michael Wacha or Ryan Pepiot Player Projections
	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB	Michael Wacha SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	29

Games Started	30	29

Innings Pitched	163.0	164.5

Wins	10	10

Losses	10	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	140	162

Earned Runs	70	75

Home Runs Allowed	24	22

Strikeouts	167	128

Walks	57	48

ERA	3.89	4.13

WHIP	1.21	1.28

Michael Wacha or Ryan Pepiot Player Notes
	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB	Michael Wacha SP - KC
News
	The Rays said Ryan Pepiot's right hip surgery Wednesday went well and he is expected to make a full recovery for spring training next year. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th	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
	Ryan Pepiot (hip) will miss the remainder of the 2026 season to undergo right hip surgery. The surgery is scheduled for May 13. David Leisering Fri, May 1st	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
	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Ryan Pepiot had a bad day on Monday as his right hip felt “unstable” while playing catch. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th	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
	The Rays transferred RHP Ryan Pepiot to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	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
	Pepiot has not pitched in a game setting since March 17 and was placed on the IL prior to Opening Day with right hip inflammation. He may need more than one rehab start before Tampa Bay brings him back. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th	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
	Ryan Pepiot logged a career-high 167 2/3 innings in 2025, but the underlying metrics point to mild regression risk after his ERA rose to 3.86 with a 4.36 FIP. The 2026 projections peg him for similar volume with a mid-3.00s ERA and roughly a strikeout per inning, reinforcing his profile as a stable SP3/4 in fantasy formats. Pepiot's swing-and-miss ability remains intact, and the move back to Tropicana Field should correct the issues with the long ball. However, draft him for ratio stability and workload rather than expecting another skills leap. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Michael Wacha or Ryan Pepiot Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB			Michael Wacha SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
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
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#18	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74
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
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182
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
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
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111
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
Sat, May 9th				vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
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
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182
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
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#14
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
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72
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
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
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX
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
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH			vs STL
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
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
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				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
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ CLE
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
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs ARI
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
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#56
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL