Phillies Worry Loss Of Wheeler Will Hurt Their Division Title Drive
The post Phillies Worry Loss Of Wheeler Will Hurt Their Division Title Drive appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Phillies ace Zack Wheeler is out indefinitely with a blood clot. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Philadelphia’s bid to defend its National League East title took a serious detour over the weekend. That’s because workhorse starter Zack Wheeler was sidelined with a blood clot that could keep him out for the last six weeks of the season. The clot is near the throwing shoulder of the 35-year-old right-hander. Wheeler, in the first season of a three-year, $126 million extension, was one of the big reasons the Phillies were able to build and maintain a five-game lead over the second-place New York Mets. Strikeout Leader He leads the National League with 195 strikeouts, a 33.3 per cent strikeout percentage, and a 0.94 WHIP (walks plus hits per innings pitched). He is 10-5 with a 2.71 earned run average, one of the league’s best. The 6-4, 195-pound right-hander has been one of the most durable pitchers in baseball, starting at least two-dozen times five years in a row. He’s gone 113-75 with a 3.28 earned run average over his 11-year career while averaging 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings and has finished with double digits in victories eight times. A strikeout artist with good control, Zack Wheeler was runner-up in the 2024 voting for the National League’s Cy Young trophy. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) Getty Images The extent of his injury – and length of his absence – will be decided in mid-September. The Phillies have not made any announcement on the severity of his injury but losing him could knock the defending NL East champs out of the playoffs early. Other pitchers, notably Scott Oberg of the Colorado Rockies, never recovered from similar ailments, while others needed up a year before they were able to…
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Phillies ace Zack Wheeler is out indefinitely with a blood clot. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Philadelphia’s bid to defend its National League East title took a serious detour over the weekend. That’s because workhorse starter Zack Wheeler was sidelined with a blood clot that could keep him out for the last six weeks of the season. The clot is near the throwing shoulder of the 35-year-old right-hander. Wheeler, in the first season of a three-year, $126 million extension, was one of the big reasons the Phillies were able to build and maintain a five-game lead over the second-place New York Mets. Strikeout Leader He leads the National League with 195 strikeouts, a 33.3 per cent strikeout percentage, and a 0.94 WHIP (walks plus hits per innings pitched). He is 10-5 with a 2.71 earned run average, one of the league’s best. The 6-4, 195-pound right-hander has been one of the most durable pitchers in baseball, starting at least two-dozen times five years in a row. He’s gone 113-75 with a 3.28 earned run average over his 11-year career while averaging 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings and has finished with double digits in victories eight times. A strikeout artist with good control, Zack Wheeler was runner-up in the 2024 voting for the National League’s Cy Young trophy. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) Getty Images The extent of his injury – and length of his absence – will be decided in mid-September. The Phillies have not made any announcement on the severity of his injury but losing him could knock the defending NL East champs out of the playoffs early. Other pitchers, notably Scott Oberg of the Colorado Rockies, never recovered from similar ailments, while others needed up a year before they were able to…
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