Nights like Wednesday remind everybody why the Phillies signed Zack Wheeler to one of the most lucrative contracts in baseball history. He looked like the perennial Cy Young Award candidate he is in a 5-1 victory over the Rockies at Citizens Bank Park.

Philadelphia Phillies ace Zach Wheeler placed ninth on the recent ESPN Top 100 and second among starting pitchers. After finishing second in the National League Cy Young race last year, it is an expected high ranking for Wheeler.

The best move the Phillies have made in becoming a perennial world series contender was signing Zack Wheeler before he was a star

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Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Zack Wheeler was excellent on the mound during Wednesday's start against the Colorado Rockies. The right-hander had seemingly no issues outside of Hunter Goodman's solo blast in the seventh inning.

Its Wednesday, April 2 and the Rockies (1-3) are in the City of Brotherly Love to take on the Phillies (3-1) in Game 2 of their series. Kyle Freeland is slated to take the mound for Colorado against Zack Wheeler for Philadelphia.

The Phillies general manager Preston Mattingly joins Brian Kenny on MLB Now to discuss Zack Wheeler, Alec Bohm using a "torpedo bat' and much more

Greetings Rotoballers! We've got a tight four-game main slate tonight starting at 6:35 pm ET, and it's packed with some juicy pitching options and bats that could light up the scoreboard. We're talking big names like Zack Wheeler and Blake Snell on the mound,