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Presser: Cristopher Sanchez Has Signed Another Extension With The Phillips
22 Mar 2026
Chapter 1: What led to Cristopher Sanchez's contract extension with the Phillies?
to be able to come to an agreement with Christopher, who we consider one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball, to keep him part of the organization for many years to come. He's pitched tremendously for us, and we look forward to him continuing to do so. Also, a special congratulations to his family, to Christopher Jr.
congratulations thank you to Jean and getting this done with us we appreciate it and it's a it's great to have these press conferences when we are in a spot where we keep pictures like Christopher and Jesus pitching the organization for four years so we're thrilled and thanks for coming so here we are all right thanks Dave if you have a question there are microphones on the side just raise your hand and we can start with Matt
Dave, there was five years of club control left on Christopher's original contract. How did this process begin and why did the club decide to do this now when you really didn't have to? Well, we didn't, but the way we looked, when we looked into the future,
and we talked a lot about it over the winter time and talked with John Middleton and also a special thanks to John Middleton because anytime this gets done, John is behind it, is that we kind of assumed years four and five were no-brainer as far as we were going to pick those up. So we couldn't even imagine a scenario in which we wouldn't.
so now we start talking beyond that and we thought with somebody of christopher stature that'll continue to pitch that we'd rather get this done now while he's still at the age that makes sense for us so that really was it we just again when we looked at that was a given so we were building on that and for oh when chris sits back down
And for Chris, what does it say about the club's commitment to you that they did rework or redo a deal that they did not have to do?
. He's so proud of being here and it shows the commitment that this team have and the reward of my work and the way I've been doing the last few years of my work and it's just a great commitment and he appreciates the team doing this for him.
Kevin, I think everybody knows Jorge, right? Yes, forgot to mention assistant general manager Jorge Vlandia will assist in translation today. Let's go to Marcus in the front.
Christopher, you just saw a Ranger play out his contract and sign a big deal in Boston. Was that ever in your mind or was security more important than you, was security more important than gambling for you?
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Chapter 2: Why did the Phillies decide to extend Sanchez's contract now?
What does that mean to you?
And what can you can you speak to the the atmosphere, the culture in the clubhouse, and if that have affected your decision? Yeah, they're like my second family. I love them very much. You know, this is all together, and the way we do things together is beautiful for the city of Philadelphia.
Any further questions? Okay. All right. Thanks, everybody. Thank you, Chris. Thanks, Dave. Thanks, Jorge.
Gracias.