Before I get to the meat of this article, this isn’t being written as a way to say Zack Wheeler is better than Gerrit Cole. (Facebook will think I said this.) It’s written to say that Zack Wheeler isn’t chump change. That, we should be happy if the Yankees add him – regardless of Cole coming to the Bronx or not.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 23: Zack Wheeler #45 of the New York Mets delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on April 23, 2019 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.