Quote (Sixers @ Aug 19 2025 09:43pm)

Lord have mercy Duran just absolutely cooks. These batters have no idea what to do 😂

Blew past Cal Raleigh 102 MPH 3x in a row to seal the deal.

Quote (Sixers @ Aug 19 2025 11:15pm)

Is the Phillies signing Sanchez to a 4 year / $22M contract last year one of the best signings ever? You better believe it.

Paying him less than $6M a year to be a top 5 pitcher in baseball lmfao. What a deal.

Quote (Kimiko_tan @ Aug 20 2025 01:28pm)

In December 1998, Randy Johnson signed a 4-year/$52 million contract with the Diamondbacks

its kinda hard to top this contract based on the production.

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The Phillies just put together not only their best series of the season ... but arguably one of their best ever.

They finished off a three-game sweep of the Mariners with an 11-2 rout on Wednesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. That capped off a series in which the Phillies had their most hits in more than 25 years -- and their most strikeouts by their pitching staff since at least 1900.

After recording a season-high 21 hits in Monday's series opener, the Phillies tallied 20 in the finale. Trea Turner had five hits. Kyle Schwarber added three, including his National League-leading 45th home run. Max Kepler and Bryson Stott also had three apiece. For the second time in three games, every Phillies starter had at least one knock.

Overall, the Phillies had 48 hits in their three games against the Mariners. That's tied for the sixth most in any three-game series in franchise history -- and their most since racking up 50 against the Cubs in 1999.

And it wasn't just the offense.

In their first full series since placing Zack Wheeler on the injured list due to a blood clot, the Phillies' starting staff responded with one of its most dominant series in franchise history.

Ranger Suárez had 10 strikeouts on Monday. Cristopher Sánchez struck out 12 on Tuesday. Jesús Luzardo added 12 more on Wednesday.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it's the first time the Phillies have had three straight starts of double-digit strikeouts since at least 1893 -- the first year of the current mound distance. No team had done it since the Padres in 2022.

Overall, the trio's 34 strikeouts were the most by Phillies starters in any three-game series in the Modern Era (since 1900). Toss in another 12 strikeouts by the bullpen, and the 46 K’s overall were also the Phillies’ most in any three-game set.

Those performances came not only on the heels of the shocking news about Wheeler over the weekend, but also after jumping right into this series following a three-city, 10-game road trip.

Going back to Sunday's series finale against the Nationals, the Phillies are 4-0 since placing Wheeler on the IL on Saturday night. They're averaging 10 runs and 15.3 hits in those four games -- and getting contributions throughout the lineup.

Turner has a 10-game hitting streak in which he's batting .522 (24-for-46) with a 1.237 OPS. He's had multiple hits in six of his past seven games. Schwarber's five RBIs on Wednesday gave him a career-high 109 on the season. He’s also on pace for 57 homers -- one shy of Ryan Howard’s club record of 58, set in 2006.

There’s also Stott, who’s hitting .353 with a 1.011 OPS in his last 20 starts. Bryce Harper has a 1.010 OPS over his past 35 games -- and made some Phillies history with a pair of 440-foot homers on Monday. Brandon Marsh is hitting .339 with a 1.012 OPS in his last 15 starts. J.T. Realmuto is hitting .324 since the start of June.

As a team, the Phillies’ 54 home runs since the All-Star break are the most in the Majors.

Quote (Sixers @ Aug 20 2025 08:42pm)

Idk...

$13M a year back in the 90's? That's like $25M a year now....

Quote (Kimiko_tan @ Aug 20 2025 09:32pm)

he won 4 cy young awards on his 4 year contract. Sanchez has basically already outplayed his contract but he would have to win a cy young award to be in the conversation of best contract ever

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Absolutely dominated the Mariners 👀

MLB.com article

Quote (Sixers @ Aug 21 2025 11:08am)

Sanchez is also on a contract at like $5M a year....which is absurd these days. He's the 93rd highest paid starting pitcher in MLB based on AAV and he's one of the best in the game this season contending for Cy Young.

In 1999 Randy was the 4th highest paid pitcher in MLB
In 2000 Randy was the 2nd highest paid pitcher in MLB
In 2001 Randy was the 2nd highest paid pitcher in MLB
In 2004 Randy was the 4th highest paid pitcher in MLB

And for several of those, he wasnt just that rank among pitchers, it applied overall among all players as well. That contract he got was MASSIVE at the time. He outplayed it, yes, but he was one of the highest paid players in the game.

If Sanchez continues to be this good, his contract will be one of the greatest in history in terms of value.