Scouting Footage: Zack Wheeler

By Ryan Kelley | July 7, 2012 at 12:26 am | No comments | Baseball Prospects, Scouting Video | Tags: 2010 MLB Draft, Binghamton Mets, Eastern League, New York Mets, Richmond Flying Squirrels, San Francisco Giants, Scouting Video, Top 101 PItching Prospects, Top 222 Prospects, Top Pitching Prospects, Zack Wheeler

Ryan Kelley will post his full scouting report on Zack Wheeler on Sunday, July 8th. Don’t forget to check it out.

New York Mets top prospect Zack Wheeler pitched against the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Thursday, July 5th. The twenty-two-year-old right-hander cut through Richmond’s lineup like butter, dominating Gary Brown’s club with a fastball that sat 94-97 MPH and a hammer curveball. He tossed 7 1/3 innings of one-run baseball, striking out six batters without surrendering a walk.

Wheeler has put together an extraordinary season thus far. He was recently elected to his second All-Star Futures Game– his first while representing the Mets organization. He boasts an 8-4 record with a 2.62 ERA and 88 strikeouts through 92 innings. He’s allowed just one homerun on the season and both his 0.1 HR/9 and his 6.7 H/9 pace the Eastern League. In fact, Wheeler currently ranks among the league’s top five arms in nearly every pitching category.

Zack Wheeler New York Mets Prospect from Ryan S. Kelley on Vimeo.

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Written by: Ryan Kelley on July 7, 2012.

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Founder and Executive Editor of BaseballNewsHound.com. Ryan is a graduate of the George Washington University, with a degree in economics. His acclaimed thesis on Major League Baseball's Labor Market is in the running for an excellence award in economics. A young economist working in Washington D.C., Ryan has extensive experience working in professional baseball. In the past, he's worked in player development, for the United States Olympic Committee and in scouting. Ryan's resume also includes jobs in journalism, social media marketing, government as well in non-profit legal services. However, sports and sportswriting are his two passions, and he strives to incorporate his unconventional career experience and academic expertise in his work at BaseballNewsHound.com. Born and raised in Connecticut, Ryan currently resides in Arlington Virginia, just outside of DC. A former amateur baseball and football player, Ryan loves both sports.