Full Name: Zachary Harrison Wheeler
Position: Starting Pitcher
Born: May 30, 1990
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 185 lbs.
How acquired: Obtained in a trade with the San Francisco Giants for Carlos Beltran.
Uniform number: N/A, although his Twitter feed is WheelerPro45, so I would guess that's his first choice. Jason Isringhausen has that one right now.
MLB experience: None. He'll probably start the season at AA Binghamton.
Best season: 2011, when he started 22 games for San Jose and St. Lucie, with a combined 3.52 ERA and a 1.322 WHIP.
Injury history: None.
2012 salary: Minor league salary.
Actual scouting notes: Wheeler can touch the high 90's on occasion with a plus curveball, which has led to high strikeout numbers thus far in the minors. His K/9 ratio has been over 10 at all three stops. He hasn't completely found his command yet, as evidenced by a BB/9 ratio near 5 for his minor league career. He keeps the ball in the park, allowing only 7 homers last season in the dinger-happy California League (and none in the Florida State League). He has good height and a projectable frame, and all signs are go that he will be a top power pitcher in the majors, barring arm trouble, of course. John Sickels has him as the 19th highest pitching prospect, just behind Omar Minaya draftee and possible rotation-mate Matt Harvey, and Kevin Goldstein rates him as the 30th overall prospect (5 spots behind Harvey). He could easily be a Pelfrey or a Kazmir, or he could be Doc Halladay. Not a bad pickup for Mr. No Knees.
Weird, wild stuff: His full first name is Zachary, but he goes by Zack with a "k". No Met has ever been named Zack, Zac or Zach. Of course, Pat Zachry came over in The Midnight Massacre deal for Tom Seaver, but that doesn't count. Zack's older brother Adam was a (ugh!) Yankee farmhand who never made it to the majors after four years. Zack is from Dallas, GA, and was the Georgia Player of the Year for 2008-2009. This guy is pretty much a cipher on the Internet. His Twitter feed is all good ole red-blooded southern boy, and he does love the ladies. As Crash Davis once said, Zack, in The Show, they all have long legs and brains.Watch yourself, especially in Manhattan.
Position: Starting Pitcher
Born: May 30, 1990
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 185 lbs.
How acquired: Obtained in a trade with the San Francisco Giants for Carlos Beltran.
Uniform number: N/A, although his Twitter feed is WheelerPro45, so I would guess that's his first choice. Jason Isringhausen has that one right now.
MLB experience: None. He'll probably start the season at AA Binghamton.
Best season: 2011, when he started 22 games for San Jose and St. Lucie, with a combined 3.52 ERA and a 1.322 WHIP.
Injury history: None.
2012 salary: Minor league salary.
Actual scouting notes: Wheeler can touch the high 90's on occasion with a plus curveball, which has led to high strikeout numbers thus far in the minors. His K/9 ratio has been over 10 at all three stops. He hasn't completely found his command yet, as evidenced by a BB/9 ratio near 5 for his minor league career. He keeps the ball in the park, allowing only 7 homers last season in the dinger-happy California League (and none in the Florida State League). He has good height and a projectable frame, and all signs are go that he will be a top power pitcher in the majors, barring arm trouble, of course. John Sickels has him as the 19th highest pitching prospect, just behind Omar Minaya draftee and possible rotation-mate Matt Harvey, and Kevin Goldstein rates him as the 30th overall prospect (5 spots behind Harvey). He could easily be a Pelfrey or a Kazmir, or he could be Doc Halladay. Not a bad pickup for Mr. No Knees.
Weird, wild stuff: His full first name is Zachary, but he goes by Zack with a "k". No Met has ever been named Zack, Zac or Zach. Of course, Pat Zachry came over in The Midnight Massacre deal for Tom Seaver, but that doesn't count. Zack's older brother Adam was a (ugh!) Yankee farmhand who never made it to the majors after four years. Zack is from Dallas, GA, and was the Georgia Player of the Year for 2008-2009. This guy is pretty much a cipher on the Internet. His Twitter feed is all good ole red-blooded southern boy, and he does love the ladies. As Crash Davis once said, Zack, in The Show, they all have long legs and brains.Watch yourself, especially in Manhattan.
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