The New York Mets are shutting down Zack Wheeler for the rest of the season as a precaution.

Wheeler has logged nearly 100 more innings than he did last season.

Mickey Callaway said Wednesday that they'd be "probably taking the best care of him" by holding him out of his final two starts.

"I feel like I had a good season," Wheeler said. "I would have liked to have finished it out, but getting 100 more innings than last season without doing that much the past 2 1/2 years, I think it makes sense to kind of shut it down and not really push it."

Wheeler missed two full seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2015. He returned last season and was 3-7 with a 5.21 ERA in 17 starts. After beginning this season in Triple-A following a difficult spring training, Wheeler was called up in April and went 12-7 with a 3.31 ERA in 29 starts while throwing 182 1/3 innings.