Zack Wheeler

They have already committed $207.4M in payroll (as calculated for luxury-tax purposes) to nine players for 2025. They know what they want.

Wheeler’s deal shows that the $40 million per year threshold isn’t just for soon-to-be Hall of Famers.

The Phillies have now locked their two best starters, Wheeler and Aaron Nola, into the rotation for the foreseeable future.

Phillies officials and coaches will use these games to search for the tiniest edges. A swing adjustment. A new pitch. A different position.

The Phillies have initiated negotiations with Wheeler's agents. There are different potential paths to an agreement this spring.

There aren't many roster spots to win this spring. There won't be many top prospects in camp. But there are key things worth monitoring.

Only 62 days until pitchers and catchers report. So let's answer subscribers' Phillies questions.

The Phillies needed Wheeler like they have never needed him before. He delivered, yet again, to put them one win from another World Series.

Gallen has pitched 11 NLCS innings and allowed nine runs, while Wheeler has 13 innings and allowed three runs.

The Phillies defeated the Diamondbacks 6-1 in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series.

It was Another One of Those Nights in South Philly. So the Weird & Wild column is back to rip through all the long ball madness.

Wheeler has issued only one walk in 19 innings this postseason, with 26 strikeouts and a 2.37 ERA. There is nobody the Phillies trust more.

There are a million ways to win a baseball game. But October plot lines don’t get any more incredible than this.

"No moment," Bryce Harper said, "is too big for Zack Wheeler." The Phillies' ace rose to the occasion again as they took a 1-0 series lead.

There is work to do. It could be worse. Wheeler is the fulcrum and, when he is the pitcher he is right now, it makes everyone else relax.

So much can be said about the Phillies, a season-high 14 games over .500. But how about Wheeler and Nola's past, present and future?

The Phillies secured their 22nd one-run win Friday, equaling their total from last season. It's not the most comfortable way to live.

Inside the Phillies clubhouse as Wheeler's teammates surprised him to celebrate a milestone and a career in which he's adapted and improved.