Zack Wheeler is an Ace. Not a lower case “a” ace, but the big boy, capitalized version. There’s an argument for his being the best pitcher in baseball right now, an argument I would vociferously come down on in favor of, but at the very, very least, he’s in the top tier of hurlers in the game.
Yet he was not always thought of as an Ace and had to work to become in these recent years. Prior to this season (yikes), there were many people who believed that Aaron Nola had the title as well, even if that were a lower case version.