ST. PETERSBURG, FL - July 04: Philadelphia Phillies Shortstop Trea Turner (7) at bat during the MLB regular season game on Independence Day between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays on July 04, 2023, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)
J.T. Realmuto and Zack Wheeler are two of the longes-tenured Phillies. (John Adams/Icon Sportswire)Prior to being traded to the Baltimore Orioles in a deal that brought back outfielder Austin Hays, reliever Seranthony Domínguez had been the second longest-tenured player for the Philadelphia Phillies, having made his debut with the team on May 17, 2018.
With the 2024 trade deadline in the rearview mirror, here’s an updated look at the five longest-tenured Phillies, both pitchers and position players. (Of note: While Scott Kingery remains in the Phillies organization, he’s not on the 40-man roster and didn’t play at the Major League level at all in 2023, so he was not considered for this list.)
Selected by the Phillies with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2014 MLB Draft, Nola made his Major League Debut in a 1-0 loss to the Rays on July 21, 2015. Nola was excellent in his first outing, limiting the Rays to five hits and one run over six innings. He, of course, returned to the Phillies on a seven-year/$172 million deal after briefly testing free agency last offseason. He’s now signed through the 2030 season.
Visa issues and a bout with COVID-19 turned 2020 into a lost season for Suárez, a disappointing development after he had shown some impressive flashes the two prior seasons. But since 2021, Suarez has thrived both as a starter and out of the bullpen, posting a 3.11 ERA and 3.43 FIP in 110 regular season games for the Phillies. Over that three-season stretch, his 20 defensive runs saved are the most among starting pitchers. He was an All-Star for the first time in 2024. Suárez can become a free agent after the 2025 season, although president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski did tell Phillies Nation‘s Destiny Lugardo that “we would definitely like to have Ranger with us for a long time.”
