LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Zack Wheeler was supposed to follow Matt Harvey to the mound in Wednesday’s 6-4 Mets victory over the Braves at Champion Stadium.
But the reluctant reliever actually came in to start the fourth inning after Harvey’s two-inning stint. As if not starting a game wasn’t unusual enough for Wheeler, he had to wait until Tyler Bashlor pitched the third.
Manager Mickey Callaway had gotten up Bashlor in the second when Harvey’s pitch count was rising. Callaway’s rule is if a guy gets up, he has to get in, even if it means Wheeler had to wait for a minor leaguer.