Zack Wheeler
33-Year-Old
2023 Stats
W-L
13-6
ERA
3.61
WHIP
1.08
K
212
SV
0
2024 Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Wheeler heads into an interesting season in the final year of his five-year contract with Philadelphia. The righty has been everything the club had hoped for when it signed him to the deal as he has missed just five starts in his time with the club while giving the staff the consistency Aaron Nola could not. Wheeler had a strong regular season and an even stronger postseason with a 1.95 ERA over five games with 35 strikeouts and three walks in 27.2 innings of work. Wheeler turns 34 in the first third of the season and is pitching for his final big deal of his career. His four-seam fastball was exceptional last year with a .199 xBA and a 31% whiff rate, but his increased usage of the pitch has cut into the groundball tendencies from previous seasons. You should have supreme confidence in taking Wheeler as your staff ace because he has pitched like one as a Phillie and we see little reason why he won't do so again in what is likely his final year with the team. Read Past Outlooks
Confirmed for Opening Day
Manager Rob Thomson announced Sunday that Wheeler will be Philadelphia's starter for Opening Day against Atlanta on March 28, Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
ANALYSIS
The right-hander inked a three-year, $126 million extension with the Phillies in early March and will be their first pitcher to officially take the mound in 2024. Wheeler had a 3.61 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 212:39 K:BB across 192 innings last season, and he's looked like himself through three spring starts with two runs allowed and a 9:3 K:BB in nine frames.
The right-hander inked a three-year, $126 million extension with the Phillies in early March and will be their first pitcher to officially take the mound in 2024. Wheeler had a 3.61 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 212:39 K:BB across 192 innings last season, and he's looked like himself through three spring starts with two runs allowed and a 9:3 K:BB in nine frames.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
96
Last 10 Games
87
Last 5 Games
80
How many pitches does Zack Wheeler generally throw?
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What part of the game does Zack Wheeler generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-5%
BAA vs RHP
2023
-26%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .227 | 306 | 77 | 243 | 25 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .216 | 316 | 42 | 219 | 24 | |||
2023vs Left | .261 | 90 | 25 | 99 | 10 | |||
2023vs Right | .194 | 122 | 14 | 69 | 10 | |||
2022vs Left | .201 | 83 | 23 | 54 | 7 | |||
2022vs Right | .240 | 80 | 11 | 71 | 6 | |||
2021vs Left | .213 | 133 | 29 | 90 | 8 | |||
2021vs Right | .218 | 114 | 17 | 79 | 8 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-19%
ERA at Home
2023
-23%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 2.77 | 0.95 | 292.0 | 10.2 | 1.7 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 3.41 | 1.14 | 266.1 | 9.9 | 2.1 | ||||
2023Home | 4.13 | 1.12 | 89.1 | 9.8 | 1.9 | ||||
2023Away | 3.16 | 1.04 | 102.2 | 10.1 | 1.8 | ||||
2022Home | 1.85 | 0.88 | 78.0 | 9.7 | 2.0 | ||||
2022Away | 3.84 | 1.20 | 75.0 | 9.5 | 2.0 | ||||
2021Home | 2.38 | 0.87 | 124.2 | 10.8 | 1.4 | ||||
2021Away | 3.35 | 1.20 | 88.2 | 9.9 | 2.6 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Zack Wheeler compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
5.44K/9
9.9BB/9
1.8HR/9
0.9Fastball
95.7 mphERA
3.61WHIP
1.08BABIP
.310GB/FB
1.20Left On Base
69.8%Exit Velocity
80.9 mphBarrels/BBE
3.2%Spin Rate
2502 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
21.8%Swinging Strike
13.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Wheeler was barely beaten out for the National League Cy Young Award in 2021 by Corbin Burnes, and the Phillies ace responded with another impressive campaign last year. Wheeler missed a month with forearm tendinitis to take him out of the Cy Young race for 2022, but he still looked the part in 26 starts with a 2.82 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 163:34 K:BB across 153 innings. The right-hander saw a minor dip in both his strikeout and walk rates, though his K-BB% (21.3 percent) is still the second-best figure of his eight-year career. He lost a tick off his fastball after he averaged about 97 mph over the past couple seasons, but there's not much cause for concern given he still averaged nearly 96 mph in 2022. Wheeler will turn 33 years old in May, but he's established himself as an ace the past couple years and has shown no signs of slowing down.
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Agrees to extension with Phillies
Wheeler signed a three-year, $126 million contract extension with the Phillies on Monday, Buster Olney of ESPN reports.
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Working toward long-term extension
President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski confirmed Monday that Wheeler and the Phillies have been in negotiations on a long-term contract extension, Chris Nelsen of the Associated Press reports. "Zack would not mislead you. Of course, we've talked," Dombrowski said, after Wheeler relayed last Wednesday that he had been in touch with the Phillies on a new deal. "It is a priority. We would love to get that deal done."
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Available in relief for Game 7
Wheeler will be available out of the bullpen for Game 7 of the NLCS against the Diamondbacks on Tuesday, Tim Healey of Newsday reports.
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Fans eight to earn win
Wheeler allowed one run on five hits across 6.2 innings to secure the win in Tuesday's 4-1 victory over the Marlins in Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series. He struck out eight.
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Gets ball for Game 1
Wheeler is starting Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series against the Marlins on Tuesday.
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