Cultivating the Farm

ZACH WHEELER - SP
2010 stats - 9 W, 7 L, 3.52 ERA, 115 IP, 129 KO

A potential star is shooting his way through the Mets farm system and although it is extremely, extremely unlikely that we will see him in Flushing this year, there will be a lot of talk about Zach Wheeler.

Wheeler is a 21 year old right hander who came to the Mets organization last summer from the San Francisco Giants, the return for Carlos Beltran.  A power pitcher, Wheeler is a strikeout pitcher by mainly using his fastball and his curveball.

Ideally, Wheeler will start 2012 in Single A and move up to Double A sometime in the summer.  Along with Matt Harvey and Jeurys Familia, Wheeler is a top prospect arm in the minor leagues that should make the rotation quite good in years to come.  The beginning of 2013 is a stretch to see these arms with the big club, but if Wheeler continues to pitch the way he has and continues to grow, he may force his way to the majors.