Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak told reporters Tuesday that the team will consider skipping Michael Wacha's turn in the rotation when possible.

If Wacha remains with the club, the team will monitor his innings and starts. They'd like to limit him to 150 innings this season. The right-hander has 52-plus innings in the minors. Mozeliak said Wacha would "probably receive approximately 22 starts. If you’re doing five innings per start, it would probably work in terms of not putting in danger. Having said that, if we get some of our pitchers back healthy and we can skip starts to protect him, then we’re going to be open (to that)."

Wacha, who was the 19th overall pick in last year's draft, is scheduled to make his big-league debut Thursday against the Royals.