Zack’s Bold Moves Could Reshape Philly’s Future—But What’s He Really Planning?
The Phillies are starting to come into form the way that I thought they would. If we are being truly transparent here, I was expecting Philadelphia to be the best team in the NL East and then I expected the Braves and Mets to battle each other for a Wild Card spot or two. I don’t really know that I’m wrong about that prediction, but I also can’t say that I’m for sure correct at this point. For the season, Philadelphia is just two games behind New York (pending what happens in the remainder of the Saturday games as I am writing this Saturday night). They could have a good chance to enter the work week next week tied with the Mets for first place in the division. Zack Wheeler is the guy looking to make that a reality for the Phillies. Wheeler is 3-1 with a 3.35 ERA and a 0.94 WHIP. He hasn’t been quite as sharp as he was last year, but he looks like he is getting into that form. Wheeler has posted four straight quality outings, allowing virtually an identical line in each – five hits, two earned runs, one homer, and seven or more strikeouts. Guardians hitters only have 17 at-bats against Wheeler, but they do have five hits. However, none of those hits went for extra bases.
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