Bowden Francis or Zack Wheeler

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News & Notes
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Bowden Francis or Zack Wheeler Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	105.0	‐

Wins	10	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	73	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	126	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	2.49	‐

WHIP	0.91	‐

Bowden Francis or Zack Wheeler Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	10

Games Started	24	5

Innings Pitched	143.9	34.7

Wins	10	2

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	34

Earned Runs	50	19

Home Runs Allowed	16	7

Strikeouts	163	28

Walks	37	11

ERA	3.12	4.80

WHIP	1.06	1.27

Bowden Francis or Zack Wheeler Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up no runs on one hit with three strikeouts over two innings in Sunday's 8-0 win against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
	Zack Wheeler followed up his dominant 2024 with an even sharper skill set in 2025, posting a career-best 11.73 K/9 and 33.3% strikeout rate alongside a stellar 27.7% K-BB%. His 2.71 ERA was supported by a 2.48 xERA, though a spike to 1.14 HR/9 and a lofty 82.4% strand rate suggest some regression baked into that surface line. The question for Wheeler is how he will recover from the thoracic outlet surgery he underwent last season. Recovery is listed as 6 to 8 months, so the chances of him being ready for Opening Day are slim to none, but the latest report is that it "shouldn't be too long" after that. All of this makes him a high-risk, high-reward pitcher capable of being the SP1 he's been, but fantasy managers should count on some regression based on the injury and the fact that he will be 36 this season. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Bowden Francis or Zack Wheeler Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#254
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL