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Zack Wheeler
B/T L/R · 6' 4" · 195 lb · born Smyrna, GA, USA · age 36 · draft 2009 rd 1 · played P 25 · MLB debut 2013-06-18
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-18): 2 G · 10.1 IP · 6.97 ERA · 11 SO · 1.84 WHIP
499 batters faced scored this season His season card →
The card rack
FlagshipZack Wheeler #AA-9 · 2026 Topps All Aces · 68 recent sales 7N ▲0%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-08-29 · paid links
The rookieZack Wheeler #US50 · 2013 Topps Update · 184 recent sales 7N ▲0%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-08-29 · paid links
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Scout’s note
Smyrna, Georgia's Zack Wheeler is 36, a 2009 first-round pick still doing what he's always done. He's struck out 1,952 men in 302 career games, and 9 of those came in his last two.
We wrote about Wheeler here — The Overnight: 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 8 K, BB (May 17, 2026)
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $42.00M
- Tax hit
- $42.00M
- Service time
- 12 yr 98 d
- Guaranteed
- $126M
The deal 3 years $126M (2025–2027) — $42.0M a year on average, worked out by us rather than stated on the sheet, and not the same thing as the tax hit above
On the sheet: 3 y/$126M (25-27) · agent Wasserman (prev Jet Spts) · 2 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 |
|---|---|
| Cash | $42.0M |
| Tax hit | $42.0M |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Philadelphia Phillies.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $42.0M
- Guaranteed
- $126.0M
- Term
- 3 yrs
- His class
- Extension
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $42.0M | $42.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
Collect Zack Wheeler
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The Bureau on Zack Wheeler
The scouting press, in their own words
The race for the No. 1 and 2 seeds in the NL has a lot at stake. Brewers, Dodgers, Braves separated by 1 1/2 games, and the No. 3 seed has possible first-round best-of-three with PHI (Sanchez, Wheeler), or SD, with that great bullpen. Cubs also in play, gaining ground on MIL in
Brett Bateman just hit an opposite-field double off the wall against Zack Wheeler in his first @MLB at-bat. Not a bad way to start your career. https://t.co/xHKJcxcnjh
Umpire favor
+0.5 net runs over 21 graded games — the zone was kind to him on balance.
The line
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