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Phillies news: This rival pitcher says Zack Wheeler should win NL Cy Young

Philadelphia Phillies ace Zack Wheeler is pitching like he never did in his five seasons with the New York Mets.

He has a career-best 2.78 ERA over 32 starts (tied for his career-most), and leads MLB in complete games (3), shutouts (2), innings pitched (213 1/3), strikeouts (247), and batters faced (849). In August, he became the first pitcher to reach 200 strikeouts, and this month, he was the first to throw 200 innings, two milestones he’d never reached in a season before.

Current Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman had an amazing season himself, but when asked about his pick for National League Cy Young, his answer was the former Met.