By Jake Mintz
FOX Sports MLB Writer
PHILADELPHIA — On the morning of Dec. 6, 2020, in the deep boredom of baseball winter, news trickled out that the Philadelphia Phillies were listening to offers on Zack Wheeler.
The news was perplexing. Just an offseason before, Philly had hooked Wheeler in free agency, tossing the then-30-year-old five years and $118 million. To that point in his career, Wheeler had performed like a mid-rotation…