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Wheeler solid again for 51′s

New York Mets baseball has certainly seen better days as the big league club is just 4-11 in their last 15 games.  Over New York’s last 13 home games, the team has entertained fans in Flushing by putting up a mere 32 runs (less than 3 per game) while hitting just .194 (80-412).  So while [...]

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Zack Wheeler getting back on track for Las Vegas

New York Mets top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler turned in a nice performance Sunday afternoon against the Sacremento River Cats.  The 23-year-old righty entered Sunday’s affair sporting a 1-1 record with a 4.80 ERA for the Las Vegas 51′s of the Pacific Coast League.  Most alarming to some followers was the fact that heading into [...]

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New York Mets top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler last only 3 1/3 in AAA debut

New York Mets top pitching prospect, Zack Wheeler made his Triple-A debut on Thursday evening, lasting just 3 1/3 innings, surrounding two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out three.  Wheeler, who did not factor in the decision, struggled with his command walking three of the first six batters he faced: [...]

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Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler get the week started on a positive note for Mets fans

New York Mets pitchers Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler both pitched on Monday afternoon and the results were enough to help Mets fans get their week started on a good note.  Harvey, going up against the St. Louis Cardinals, made his fifth start of the Spring and went 5 1/3 innings while allowing two runs [...]

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Terry Collins wants Zack Wheeler to learn from Matt Harvey

For New York Mets fans, it seems like pitchers Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler have had their names linked together for some time now, even if the two have only been pitching in the same organization for just over a year.  That's what excitement and anticipation will do as the hope of this somewhat jaded [...]

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Mets ticket prices are up, but youth could bring fans back to Citi Field

The Mets promising first half of the 2012 season may have given fans a glimmer of hope for the 2013 campaign. Approaching the All Star break six games over .500 and just 4.5 out of the division, the farm system-grown squad led by David Wright appeared formidable. However, things went south quickly and the season [...]

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Mayo: Wheeler and Syndergaard among Top 10 right-handed pitching prospects

Evaluating prospects is far from a perfect science, but there’s nothing wrong with taking a little satisfaction in seeing the ‘experts’ sing the praises of the Mets young pitchers.  Matt Harvey has graduated to the big league rotation and now fans await the arrival of the team’s top pitching prospect, Zack Wheeler. Today Jonathan Mayo [...]

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Alderson doesn’t rule out d’Arnaud or Wheeler for opening day roster

Sandy Alderson gave his state of the union address to Mike Francesca this afternoon on WFAN and when it came to talking about opening day and the team’s top two prospects, the Mets GM wasn’t ruling anything out.   As Anthony McCarron of the Daily News wrote: Catching prospect Travis d’Arnaud has a chance to make the [...]

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Zack Wheeler and five others added to the 40-man roster

According to multiply reports, the New York Mets announced the additions of righthanded pitchers Zack Wheeler, Hansel Robles, Gonzalez Germen and Greg Burke, lefthanded pitcher Darin Gorski and infielder Wilfredo Tovar to the 40-man roster. The move was made to protect them from being eligible for the Rule 5 draft at the winter meetings.  According [...]

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