The Book on Zack WheelerNYM



Prospect Info and Scouting Report

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Zack Wheeler / RHP, NYM
Born 5/30/1990
Atlanta, GA, USA
School: East Pauling HS (GA)
Height 6-4
Weight 180
Bats/Throws R/R


ScoutingBook Combine Ranking (2/8/2012): #70 none
MLB.com/MiLB.com Season Preview: #28
Scout.com/FOX Sports: #53
ESPN: Unranked or n/a
The Sporting News: Unranked or n/a
Baseball America 2012: Unranked or n/a
Baseball Prospectus: Unranked or n/a



It's always nice when you can trade away a fading veteran for a team's top prospect, and that's what the Mets did in acquiring Zack Wheeler from the Giants as the best move in their sudden fire sale rebuilding plan.

A flame-throwing righthander from Georgia, Wheeler mixes his 96mph fastball with a curve ball that's already a plus pitch. He's working now on adding a changeup, and if he can make it even a league-average offering, he can be a middle-rotation starter anywhere, anytime. Even without one, his fastball-curve combination is good enough for a major league bullpen today. He'll need some seasoning, of course, and most scouts would prefer to see that his pitcher-perfect body can hold up under a full season's workload before signing his ticket to Flushing. While he could pitch the Bigs right now, the Mets could benefit from showing a little patience: they won't be contenders in 2012 anyway, so it's probably better to bring an even-better Wheeler to the majors in 2013.

[ Bio Updated Spring, 2012 ]


Pitching History
Yr Age Lv Lg Tm W L GA GS IP H ER BB K HB WP WHIP K/9 BB/9 K/BB
2010 20 A Sally Augusta SF 3 3 21 13 58.2 47 27 38 70 7 13 1.449 10.7 5.8 1.84
2011 21 A+ Florida St. Lucie NYM 2 2 6 6 27.0 26 6 5 31 2 3 1.148 10.3 1.7 6.20
2011 21 A+ Cal San Jose SF 7 5 16 16 88.0 74 44 47 98 4 6 1.375 10.0 4.8 2.09





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