The New York Mets have been competitive since 2015 thanks in part to a strong pitching rotation. Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler have led that charge the last couple of years.
Wheeler is the first from that list to hit free agency.
In 2015, Zack Wheeler underwent Tommy John surgery. That kept him out for two and a half seasons worth of baseball. It wasn’t until halfway through 2017 he came back, and even then, he was not the same pitcher.