The command was pinpoint. The breaks were sharp. The radar gun expressed no concern.
Zack Wheeler threw 30 pitches Tuesday afternoon, and walked off the Citi Field mound, ready to return from the shoulder impingement that has kept the right-hander out since July 7.
Wheeler’s next trip to the mound could mark his final appearance in Queens.
Playing out the final year of his contract, Wheeler knows he’s a strong candidate to be dealt before the July 31 trade deadline, but a second straight rumor-filled summer has left the 29-year-old largely unfazed by the prospect of leaving the only major league team he’s ever known.