One of the big pieces of news in Major League Baseball within the last week was the situation with Phillies ace Zack Wheeler . There was a blood clot in his shoulder area and it was removed. There's no timetable for his return .

The order of operations here is to first be concerned with the well-being of Wheeler as a person. Second, the playoff implications (notably: The Phillies still likely win the NL East, but a deep playoff run without Wheeler is exponentially less likely than with him). After those two things are out of the way, we have the mental capacity to also consider the implications regarding the race for the NL Cy Young.

Wheeler has been neck and neck with Pirates phenom Paul Skenes all season.

Wheeler leads the league in strikeouts (by 20) and WHIP. He's fifth

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