Betances? Hamels? How Mets can spend their Zack Wheeler money

The Mets had to be prepared for the slim possibility Zack Wheeler would accept their qualifying offer and return to the rotation next season. So, theoretically, that’s $17.8 million the Mets had budgeted toward pitching for 2020 that became available when Wheeler last week declined the qualifying offer to pursue free agency. Now the question…