Former New York Mets and current Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Zack Wheeler had some harsh words to say about his former team, via Greg Joyce of the New York Post.
Wheeler didn’t hear from the Mets upon becoming a free agent. “It was basically just crickets… it’s them. It’s how they roll.”
Apparently, Wheeler was interested in at least having talks with the Mets about a potential future in Flushing, but it seems as though the team was not interested.
“Everything was kind of jumpy because certain people would want something, others wouldn’t.