In losing Ranger Suarez this past offseason, the Philadelphia Phillies lost one of their best pitchers. Even for a team as resource-rich as the Phillies, it just isn't feasible to keep every good player around. Ultimately, Philly opted to keep Aaron Nola, for better or worse, and to re-sign Kyle Schwarber, and that left Suarez on the outside looking in. However, it looks like the Phillies had no interest in having budding ace Cristopher Sanchez suffer the same fate.
Sanchez was a revelation in 2025. After a couple of seasons of being very solid with moments of brilliance, Sanchez broke out last season with a 2.