The Phillies have agreed with free-agent right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker on a four-year, $72 million contract, sources confirm to The Inquirer.
SAN DIEGO — Dave Dombrowski sat on a couch near a window in a seventh-floor suite at the Manchester Grand Hyatt and assessed the“I’d say we’ve had a lot of conversations,” he said Tuesday. “I can’t say we’ve made any headway.”
A four-year commitment to a No. 4 starter is considerable — eyebrow-raising, too, considering the Phillies have Wheeler under contract through 2024, Suárez under control through 2025, Andrew Painter coming, and a stated desire to extend Nola’s contract, which runs out after next season. Some of that will come internally. A Phillies official said this week that he “will be shocked” if Painter “isn’t our No. 5 starter coming out of spring training.” Never mind that manager Rob Thomson has not yet watched the 19-year-old top prospect pitch in person.
The top of the free-agent pitching market began to move last week when Jacob deGrom signed a whopper of a five-year, $185 million contract with the Texas Rangers. The Mets moved to replace deGrom by agreeing Monday on a two-year, $86.66 million deal with Justin Verlander.
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