Zack Wheeler just raised the expectations on his career. In tonight's 3 hit shutout over the Marlins, he faced 1 more batter than the minimum for a 9 inning game. In his 1 year and 1 day major league career, he had never gone farther than 7 innings. Not only did he pitch so well, he did it under pressure. The Mets offense, and notice, there is no "O" in M-E-T-S, gave him only the one run required to take a lead. I have occasionally criticized the Mets for scoring more runs than necessary, but this is hardly what I meant.
I have been defending this Mets team as being better than their record, although it has been getting harder to do. At some point, as Bill Parcells says, you ARE your record. We're not quite there yet. Talk to me at the All-Star Break.
No further comment tonight- just let the memory of Wheeler's performance linger.
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