ATLANTA — Zack Wheeler proved right on time Friday night, here at his hometown ballpark.
Right on time with his delivery. Right on time with a performance to give his bullpen teammates a little blow and lower those raised eyebrows about his 2019.
And this young Mets season to march forward, crisis-free.
With a fastball that reached triple digits, the Georgia native defeated the Braves, 6-2 at SunTrust Park, for his first win of the year and the Mets’ third straight. Wheeler’s first two starts of the campaign, both against the Nationals, went poorly enough — mediocre on March 31 in Washington, then downright terrible April 7 at Citi Field — that a third straight underwhelmer would have elevated questions about his trajectory during his walk year.