DONE DEAL: Phillies Have Officailly Confirmed The Signing of MLB Most Wanted Pitcher To 4-year Deal

The Philadelphia Phillies and left-hander Cristopher Sánchez agreed to a four-year contract on Saturday that will last from 2025 to 2028.

Sánchez, 27, was signed to a one-year contract that pays the $740,000 major league minimum and $280,432 in the minors. His new contract includes club options for 2029 and 2030.

“I’m so happy to be here,” Sanchez remarked through a translator. “I feel so great about this contract and what the future is going to be about.”
He would have been eligible for arbitration following the 2025 season. The options could cover his first two seasons after becoming eligible for free agency.

“We are always interested in bringing good players into your organization and keeping them, but we don’t usually negotiate during the season because it can be a distraction for the player,” Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said. “But when we discussed it, we were open to it, but it needed to happen quickly. It was very quick; it was maybe a week of conversation, with the London trip in the middle.”

Sánchez was relegated to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on April 23 of last year and rejoined the Phillies rotation on June 17. He is 4-3 with a 2.91 ERA in 14 starts this season, allowing only one home run in 77 1/3 innings.
“When I came up last year, I thought this was it,” Sanchez said. “I plan to stay in the top leagues. And it was an excellent day for me.”

Philadelphia’s long-term starters include right-hander Zack Wheeler, who signed a $126 million, three-year contract for 2025-27, and right-hander Aaron Nola, who is in the first year of a $172 million, seven-year contract.

Ranger Suárez, a left-handed pitcher who started the weekend tied for the major league lead with 10 victories, is eligible for arbitration next winter and may become a free agency following the 2025 season.

“We love Ranger, of course, and we hope that he is part of the organization for a long, long time,” Dombrowski told the crowd.