{"id":5510,"date":"2011-11-17T10:34:20","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T16:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=5510"},"modified":"2011-11-17T10:35:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T16:35:04","slug":"top-50-prospects-41-zack-wheeler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/5510","title":{"rendered":"Top 50 Prospects: #41 – Zack Wheeler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#41 Zack Wheeler<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

New York Mets<\/p>\n

DOB: 5\/30\/1990<\/p>\n

Previous Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

ETA: 2014<\/p>\n

Wheeler was traded straight up for Carlos Beltran<\/a><\/strong> in July and was sent immediately to High Class A St. Lucie where he posted a 2.00 ERA with a 31:5 K:BB ratio in 27 innings.\u00a0 Those numbers were considerably better than those from the 88 innings he threw in the California League before the trade.\u00a0 Nevertheless, Wheeler immediately became the top prospect in the Mets organization, and at just 21 years of age, he should be in the rotation at Citi by 2014.<\/p>\n

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Wheeler features a fastball that sits consistently around 94-95 mph with the ability to reach back for 97 mph.\u00a0 His best secondary pitch is a true 60 curveball with good 12-6 shape and about 15 mph off of the heater.\u00a0 His third pitch is a changeup that is far behind the other two pitches at this point due primarily to an inability to maintain arm speed or slot.\u00a0 The pitch has arm side life with sink, though, and has a chance to be a useable pitch with just minor improvement.<\/p>\n

His 6-foot-4 frame is lanky and projectable and might still allow him to pick up a tick on the fastball.\u00a0 Wheeler should begin the year in Double-A and might push that ETA up a bit, but the Mets are the worst team in the East and have no business rushing either Wheeler or Harvey in our opinion.\u00a0 The good news for fans in Queens is that the Mets appear to finally have real pitching prospects with real top-of-the-rotation upside.<\/p>\n

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