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Top 5 Phillies Free Agent Signings of All-Time

November 22, 2024

Jun 16, 2024; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zach Wheeler (45) delivers a pitch against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports

While we await the Phillies to dip their toes into free agent waters, it’s important to remember the good times. All those great free agent moves of the past that ended up working out. I think it’s easy as a Philadelphia sports fan to fixate on the bad ones. Taijuan Walker, Jon Lieber --Lance Parrish, for all the old school Phillies fans.
But overall, the team has been fairly successful at signing free agents in the winter who paid big time dividends in the summer (and fall). So here are the five best free agent signings in Phillies history -- in literally no particular order, because I do not wish for my timeline to be flooded like it’s debate night, and I’m somehow at the p...

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