Zack Wheeler Signs $126 Million Contract with Philadelphia Phillies

Rylin Sherron, Multi-Media Chief Journalist

March 4, 2024

With Major League Baseball (MLB) kicking off its 2024 season, spring training has brought lots of incredible news to the baseball world. Most notably, Zack Wheeler’s new agreement with the Philadelphia Phillies.

According to ESPN, Wheeler has signed a contract for a three-year agreement, and coming along with, $126 million.

Wheeler’s salary will be a groundbreaking $42 million, becoming the most lucrative deal and extension in baseball history. It is in the realm of the richest salaries for pitchers, standing alongside Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander.

Wheeler, who is at the end of the final season of his five-year, $118 million contract, has found lots of success playing for the Phillies. That success is what led him to agree to another three-year agreement.

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About the Contributor

Rylin Sherron, Multi-Media Chief Journalist

Rylin Sherron is a senior at Crown Point High School and is part of the Excalibur Yearbook and Inklings staff. Sherron has been involved in the school’s journalism program for four years, becoming copy editor and winning Writer of the Year in her sophomore and junior years. This year, Sherron took the title of Multi-Media Chief Journalist overseeing PR, Events, Social Media, and the Web. Outside of school, Sherron is involved in NHS and works for GreatNews.Life as a New Media Journalist. Sherron plans on majoring in journalism and forensic science, wanting to be an Investigative Journalist.