Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield has been diagnosed with brain cancer, his ex-teammate Curt Schilling revealed on his podcast, “The Curt Schilling Baseball Show” on Wednesday.

After he revealed Wakefield’s news, Schilling admitted he didn’t know if his former colleague wanted the diagnosis shared. He further added that Wakefield’s wife, Stacy, is “very sick with pancreatic cancer.”

Schilling said he has seen the “power of prayer work.”

“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.”

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Tim Wakefield net worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Wakefield has an estimated net worth of $23 million.

Tim Wakefield age

He is 57 years old. He was born on August 2, 1966.

Wife Stacy Stover

He met his wife, Stacy Stover, in Massachusetts. They were married on November 9, 2002. Their two children are Trevor (born in 2004) and Brianna (2005). They own a home in Satellite Beach, Florida.

Tim Wakefield career

Wakefield played college baseball at Florida Tech. The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted him in 1988 as a first baseman. He began working on his pitching and later made his Major League Baseball debut with the Pirates on July 31, 1992.

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Wakefield played with the Pirates until 1993 before joining the Boston Red Sox in 1995. Wakefield became the team’s longest-serving player at the time of his 2012 retirement (17 years).

Wakefield is a right-handed starting pitcher. He earned All-Star honors once in his career (2009). He was nominated for the Roberto Clemente Award eight different times, winning in 2010.