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03/22 08:31 CDT Phillies agree to 6-year contract with opening day starter
Cristopher Snchez
Phillies agree to 6-year contract with opening day starter Cristopher Snchez
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- The Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a new six-year
contract with opening day starter Cristopher Snchez.
The deal announced Sunday for last season's NL Cy Young Award runner-up begins
in 2027 and will run through 2032 with a club option for 2033.
Terms were not immediately available.
Snchez had been pitching under a $22.5 million, four-year contract that was
through 2028.
He went 13-5 with a 2.50 ERA in 32 starts last season and struck out a
career-high 212 batters. He's 30-21 overall in four full big league seasons.
Originally signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as an amateur free agent in 2013,
Snchez was acquired in a trade by the Phillies on Nov. 20, 2019, for infielder
Curtis Mead.
Mead played in just 41 games for the Chicago White Sox last season while
Snchez has blossomed into one of the best pitchers in baseball and helped key
the Phillies' run to consecutive NL East titles in 2024 and 2025.
The Phillies want to keep their postseason run going --- four straight
appearances headed into 2026 --- and have locked up all veteran members of
their staff to long-term deals.
Jess Luzardo earlier this month finalized a $135 million, five-year contract
that starts in 2027. Zack Wheeler has a $126 million deal through the 2027 and
Aaron Nola a $172 million, seven-year agreement through 2030. Rookie Andrew
Painter is under team control through 2031 and earned the fifth starter spot in
the rotation.
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