It's rare to acquire a potential ace in trades. The Brewers may have done so when they dealt Carlos Gomez to the Mets.
Zack Wheeler might end up being the first true ace to pitch more than a year and a half with the Brewers since Ben Sheets. Zack Wheeler might end up having a better career than Ben Sheets when all is said and done. Zack Wheeler might end up becoming among the best pitchers in Brewers history.
Zack Wheeler might end up never recovering fully from injury, suffer from control issues, and end up being a back-of-the-rotation starter at best who is too inconsistent to trust in bigger moments.