{"id":454680,"date":"2025-12-18T03:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/454680\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T03:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:05:12","slug":"phillies-add-right-hander-brad-keller-with-a-22-million-2-year-contract-ap-source-says-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/454680\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies add right-hander Brad Keller with a $22 million, 2-year contract, AP source says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Philadelphia Phillies added Brad Keller to their pitching staff on Wednesday, agreeing to a $22 million, two-year contract with the right-hander, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was pending a successful physical.Keller is coming off a terrific season with the Chicago Cubs, going 4-2 with a career-low 2.07 ERA in 68 appearances. He struck out 75 in 69 2\/3 innings.The 30-year-old Keller worked out of the bullpen this year, but he also has 117 career starts. Ranger Su\u00e1rez, a key member of Philadelphia\u2019s rotation this season, is a free agent.Keller\u2019s guarantee matches the $22 million, two-year deal Luke Weaver struck Wednesday with the New York Mets, also subject to a successful physical.Philadelphia won the NL East this year for the second straight season. It was eliminated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a four-game Division Series.The Phillies answered one major offseason question when they re-signed Kyle Schwarber to a $150 million, five-year contract. Adolis Garc\u00eda is expected to play right field for the team after finalizing a $10 million, one-year contract on Tuesday.Longtime Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto remains a free agent, along with Su\u00e1rez and outfielder Harrison Bader.Keller was an eighth-round pick by Arizona in the 2013 amateur draft. He made his major league debut with Kansas City in 2018, going 9-6 with a 3.08 ERA in 20 starts and 21 relief appearances.Keller is 42-59 with a 4.14 ERA and five saves in 234 career games, also playing for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"dateline\">PHILADELPHIA \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia Phillies added Brad Keller to their pitching staff on Wednesday, agreeing to a $22 million, two-year contract with the right-hander, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was pending a successful physical.<\/p>\n<p>Keller is coming off a terrific season with the Chicago Cubs, going 4-2 with a career-low 2.07 ERA in 68 appearances. He struck out 75 in 69 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Keller worked out of the bullpen this year, but he also has 117 career starts. Ranger Su\u00e1rez, a key member of Philadelphia\u2019s rotation this season, is a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Keller\u2019s guarantee matches the <a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/luke-weaver-mets-contract-c3709b25d0ae7948143681ceb3fa6470\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$22 million, two-year deal Luke Weaver struck Wednesday with the New York Mets<\/a>, also subject to a successful physical.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia won the NL East this year for the second straight season. It was eliminated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a four-game Division Series.<\/p>\n<p>The Phillies answered one major offseason question when they re-signed <a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/phillies-kyle-schwarber-winter-meetings-d8b4301c59fd9d755bf0328ae605370a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Schwarber<\/a> to a $150 million, five-year contract. Adolis Garc\u00eda is expected to play right field for the team after finalizing <a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/phillies-adolis-garcia-e7dd996bfee18c7247a6292c2646a449\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a $10 million, one-year contract<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto remains a free agent, along with Su\u00e1rez and outfielder Harrison Bader.<\/p>\n<p>Keller was an eighth-round pick by Arizona in the 2013 amateur draft. He made his major league debut with Kansas City in 2018, going 9-6 with a 3.08 ERA in 20 starts and 21 relief appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Keller is 42-59 with a 4.14 ERA and five saves in 234 career games, also playing for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Phillies added Brad Keller to their pitching staff on Wednesday, agreeing to a $22 million, two-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":454681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[208385,5607,1266,592,1311,2083,20414,208386,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-454680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-22-million-deal","9":"tag-brad-keller","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-national-league","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","14":"tag-phillies","15":"tag-right-handed-pitcher","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115738360154744969","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}