Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield has been diagnosed with brain cancer, according to former teammate Curt Schilling.
The diagnosis was announced Tuesday by Schilling on his podcast, “The Curt Schilling Baseball Show.”
In doing so, Schilling admitted he didn’t know if Wakefield wanted the diagnosis shared.
Schilling also revealed that Wakefield’s wife, Stacy, is “very sick with pancreatic cancer.”
Saying he’s seen the “power of prayer work,” Schilling put the Wakefields’ private lives on public display.
“Tim Wakefield is sick. … Recently, Tim was diagnosed with a very serious, very aggressive form of brain cancer. … The situation in Tim’s case is incredibly serious and he went in and had surgery,” Schilling said.
“I want Tim and Stacy to know obviously we’re praying for them, we’re thinking of them. Their children obviously going through some very tough times. I don’t want to cliche this, but nobody deserves this.”
“Tim Wakefield is sick. … Recently, Tim was diagnosed with a very serious, very aggressive form of brain cancer. … The situation in Tim’s case is incredibly serious and he went in and had surgery,” Schilling said.
“I want Tim and Stacy to know obviously we’re praying for them, we’re thinking of them. Their children obviously going through some very tough times. I don’t want to cliche this, but nobody deserves this.”
Wakefield, 57, pitched for the Red Sox from 1995 to 2011, helping Boston win a pair of World Series (2004 and 2007).
Wakefield, known for his knuckleball, finished third in voting for the 1995 American League Cy Young Award, going 16-8 with a 2.95 ERA.
His first and only All-Star nod came in 2009.
