{"id":743622,"date":"2026-07-05T09:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/743622\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:06:43","slug":"royals-veteran-starter-michael-wacha-named-mlb-all-star-for-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/743622\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals veteran starter Michael Wacha named MLB All-Star for second time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) &#8211; Make that three consecutive years the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kctv5.com\/sports\/mlb\/royals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kctv5.com\/sports\/mlb\/royals\/\">Kansas City Royals<\/a> have sent multiple players to the MLB All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kctv5.com\/2026\/07\/05\/top-2-not-2-bobby-witt-jr-named-starting-american-league-shortstop-all-star-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kctv5.com\/2026\/07\/05\/top-2-not-2-bobby-witt-jr-named-starting-american-league-shortstop-all-star-game\/\">Joining shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.<\/a> in the Midsummer Classic will be starting pitcher Michael Wacha. It\u2019s the first time since 2015 that Wacha has been selected to an All-Star team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The 35-year-old right-hander has been the Royals\u2019 most reliable \u2014 and best \u2014 starting pitcher, tossing 17 starts and carrying a 3.31 earned run average. His 109.2 innings pitched and 12 quality starts are the most among American League pitchers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Kansas City Royals pitcher Michael Wacha delivers to a Texas Rangers batter during the first...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AWD3KSF52JD3XORYN2FM5GZDXU.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" \/>Kansas City Royals pitcher Michael Wacha delivers to a Texas Rangers batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo\/Colin E. Braley)(Colin E. Braley | AP Photo\/Colin E. Braley)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Wacha was first selected to an All-Star team in 2015 when he pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Wacha is in his second year of a 3-year, $51 million contract with the Royals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In 2025, the Royals sent Kris Bubic, Carlos Esteves, Maikel Garcia and Witt to the Midsummer Classic. In 2024, Seth Lugo, Salvador Perez, Cole Ragans and Witt were American League All-Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) &#8211; Make that three consecutive years the Kansas City Royals have sent multiple players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[1482,5,1351,5965,936,2123,55,2596,2595,5169,4,11815,252,5951,811],"class_list":["post-743622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas-city-royals","tag-all-star","tag-baseball","tag-bobby-witt-jr","tag-breaking-news","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-kansascity","tag-kansascityroyals","tag-michael-wacha","tag-mlb","tag-newsbreak-app","tag-royals","tag-starter","tag-starting-pitcher"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116866579675596073","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}