Right after confirming that Christopher Sánchez will start on the mound for the Phillies’ home opener later this week, the team also revealed they’ve secured the 29-year-old pitcher with a new deal.
The Philadelphia Phillies announced that they and the left-hander have agreed to a six-year contract extension, set to begin next season and continue through 2032.
According to NBC10’s Joh Clark on Sunday morning, the contract is valued at $107 million.
He set career bests in nearly every category, the Phillies said.
Also, the Phillies noted that, last season, Sánchez led all pitchers in baseball in bWAR at 8.0 which ranked second among all players in baseball, trailing only Aaron Judge (9.7 bWAR).
Among all National League pitchers in 2025, Sánchez ranked tied for first in quality starts (22) and home runs per 9.0 innings pitched (0.53), second in fWAR (6.4), innings pitched, ground ball rate (58.3%), FIP (2.55) and Win Probability Added (4.63), third in ERA and walks per 9.0 innings pitched (1.96), fourth in WHIP (1.06) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.82) and fifth in strikeouts, according to the Phillies.
He finished second in NL Cy Young Award voting in 2025 with 120 points and received all 30 second-place votes, trailing only Paul Skenes who finished with 210 points.
Named All-MLB Second Team in 2025, Sánchez was a 2024 NL All Star.
Other statistics about Sánchez that were shared by the Phillies:
- Sánchez threw his changeup 37.4 percent of the time last year and limited hitters to a .170 batting average and .243 slugging percentage against the pitch.
- His 45.1 percent whiff rate on the changeup ranked second in baseball among any pitch by any starting pitcher, behind only Tarik Skubal’s changeup (46.8%).
- He made 15 starts in 2025 at Citizens Bank Park and posted a 1.94 ERA (21 ER, 97.2 IP) while limiting opponents to a .200/.247/.290 slash line (.537 OPS). He allowed two earned runs or fewer in 14 of his 15 starts at home as the Phillies went 13-2 in those games.
- Since 2024, Sánchez has made 32 starts at CBP and is 13-3 with a 2.08 ERA (48 ER, 207.2 IP) with 212 strikeouts against only 34 walks (6.29 SO/BB ratio). The Phillies are 26-6 in those games (.813 win %).
- Since 2023, his first season used exclusively as a starting pitcher, Sánchez ranks tied for third in bWAR among all pitchers in baseball (with Skenes), and trails only Zack Wheeler (15.3) and Skubal (14.8). In that same span, he is tied for first among all pitchers in ground ball rate at 57.7 percent (with Framber Valdez).
- His 3.00 ERA since 2023 ranks fifth-best among all pitchers in baseball, trailing only Skubal (2.39), Chris Sale (2.93), Max Fried (2.96) and Wheeler (2.97).
