It’s far too early to talk about National League Cy Young Award front-runners, but just a few weeks shy of MLB All-Star Game voting opening up, it’s not premature to say this: Zack Wheeler is in the driver’s seat to make his first All-Star Game appearance.
The 30-year-old right hander turned in his second double-digit strikeout performance of the season in Tuesday night’s victory over the Miami Marlins, limiting the Fish to just five hits and one run over seven frames.
On the season, Wheeler is now 3-2 with a 2.52 ERA, 2.56 FIP and 2.