Report: Wheeler, Phillies Agree To $118M, 5-Year Deal

UNDATED (AP) – Zack Wheeler is staying in the National League East, but he’ll be about 90 minutes southwest of his previous ballclub.  Two people familiar with the deal tell The Associated Press that the free-agent right-hander has accepted a five-year, $118 contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.  Wheeler spent his first seven seasons with the Mets and was 11-8 with a 3.96 ERA for New York this year. He’s pitched in five major league seasons but has never won more than 12 games or pitched 200 innings, missing the 2015 and ’16 seasons following Tommy John surgery.
Wheeler is 44-38 with a 3.77 ERA in 126 starts, fanning 726 over 749 1/3 innings.