Remember a few years ago when we as a group were debating who the ace of the staff was? We had been accustomed to seeing Aaron Nola come out and finish in the top three of the Cy Young vote in 2018 and many thought that the Phillies had finally developed a homegrown ace that would stay that good forever. His dropoff in 2019 wasn’t exactly a cliff dive, but most thought he’d bounce back to his former form.
Then the team signed Zack Wheeler.
Since that signing, Wheeler has been nothing short of outstanding, far surpassing Nola as the team’s top arm and cementing himself among the top seven arms in the game as a whole.