Zack Wheeler signs contract extension with Phillies

Zack Wheeler signs contract extension with Phillies

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Zack Wheeler signs contract extension with Phillies

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Zack Wheeler Phillies Career So Far:

Regular season:
3.06 ERA in 101 starts
1.06 whip

Off season:
2.42 ERA in 11 games (10 starts)
0.73 whip

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CLEARWATER, Fla. – When the Phillies signed Zack Wheeler to a five-year contract before the 2020 season, not even they could have imagined how well the move would work.

Now they hope his new deal works out just as well. Wheeler and the Phillies finalized an extension Monday that will take effect in 2025 and run through the 2027 season. The three-year deal is worth $126 million, a source told Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, and has the highest average annual value for an extension in MLB history at $42 million per year.

According to the source, there are no options in extension and Wheeler's 10-and-5 rights will kick in at the end of this season, giving the right-hander full no-trade protection.

Wheeler's extension caps an eventful period for the star after he and wife Dominique welcomed their third child earlier this week. He only rejoined the club on Saturday after spending a few days on paternity leave.

“Hopefully it does [happen]” Wheeler said of a possible extension when he first arrived at Spring Training in mid-February. “I love it here. We're happy here. It's a good organization. We're winning. Everything looks good and right. That's why I'd like to be here.”

Wheeler's first contract – a five-year, $118 million deal – has proven to be the best free agent pitching signing in franchise history. But he has also proven to be one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball since joining the Phillies.

“What a great contract,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said of the original deal in September. “I mean, really, with what he gave us? … All the wins, all the innings he's logged in that time. All the big games he has officiated. He was worth every penny.”

Wheeler is 43-25 with a 3.06 ERA over 101 starts with Philadelphia. That ERA ranks fourth in the majors since the start of 2020, trailing only Corbin Burnes (2.86), Max Scherzer (2.94) and Shane Bieber (2.98).

Meanwhile, Wheeler's 675 strikeouts during that span are tied with Scherzer for seventh-most in the MLB. (Teammate Aaron Nola — who signed a seven-year, $172 million contract to stay with the Phillies in November — is third on this list with 756 strikeouts.)

Wheeler's 19.6 bWAR and 19.3 fWAR in those four seasons are the best in the majors among pitchers.

And none of that takes into account Wheeler's historically great postseason numbers.

The Phillies star has lived up to that standard on the game's biggest stage, posting a 2.42 ERA over the last two postseasons. This postseason ERA of 2.42 is the sixth best in MLB history (at least 10 starts).

Wheeler was particularly dominant during the club's most recent postseason, going 3-0 with a 1.95 ERA in five appearances (four starts) in the 2023 playoffs. He had 35 strikeouts with just three walks over 27 2/3 innings.

And if all that wasn't enough, Wheeler is working on improving his arsenal with a change this spring. Although it is a throw that is part of his repertoire, it is one that he rarely threw.

Wheeler hopes the move will help him take the next step on the mound. The Phillies, meanwhile, are hoping their latest move will help them secure their first World Series title since 2008.