{"id":30465,"date":"2025-01-31T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=30465"},"modified":"2025-01-31T15:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:41:37","slug":"update-phillies-lose-closer-to-royals-in-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=30465","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Phillies lose closer to Royals in free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=858,height=483,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MLB-New-York-Mets-at-Philadelphia-Phillies-24255411.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 33.3vw, (max-width: 768px) 428px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=384,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MLB-New-York-Mets-at-Philadelphia-Phillies-24255411.jpg 430w, https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=858,height=483,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MLB-New-York-Mets-at-Philadelphia-Phillies-24255411.jpg 858w\" alt=\"Phillies lose closer to Royals in free agency\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" \/><figcaption>Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Philadelphia Phillies just saw their standout closer Carlos Estevez depart in free agency this winter.<\/p>\n<h2>Carlos Estevez leaves Phillies to join Royals bullpen<\/h2>\n<p>According to CBS Sports\u2019 Matt Snyder, who relayed a pair of reports on the latest marquee free agent move, Estevez agreed to terms with the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree-agent reliever\u00a0Carlos Est\u00e9vez\u00a0has agreed to a deal with the\u00a0Kansas City Royals,\u00a0reports ESPN. It\u2019s a two-year contract worth $20 million with a $13 million club option for a third year,\u00a0according to MLB.com. The team has not yet announced the signing.\u00a0Est\u00e9vez was our 34th ranked free agent this offseason,\u201d Snyder wrote.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-NLDS-Philadelphia-Phillies-at-New-York-Mets-24440031-539x359.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=539,height=359,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-NLDS-Philadelphia-Phillies-at-New-York-Mets-24440031.jpg 539w, https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=384,height=256,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-NLDS-Philadelphia-Phillies-at-New-York-Mets-24440031.jpg 384w, https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=184,height=123,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-NLDS-Philadelphia-Phillies-at-New-York-Mets-24440031.jpg 184w, https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=262,height=175,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-NLDS-Philadelphia-Phillies-at-New-York-Mets-24440031.jpg 262w, https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=600,height=400,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-NLDS-Philadelphia-Phillies-at-New-York-Mets-24440031.jpg 600w\" alt=\"Phillies lose closer to Royals in free agency\" width=\"539\" height=\"359\" \/><figcaption>Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Estevez will help Royals close games in 2025<\/h3>\n<p>The Royals will inherit a ninth-inning specialist who has notched volume saves in his last two seasons in the MLB. Last season was the first time that Estevez played under 60 games in four years. He collected 26 saves, which were five less than the 31 he earned in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He will help Kansas City improve upon the 41 saves they notched in the last campaign, which was ninth-most in the MLB. The 32-year-old will also provide the Royals with efficiency, should his praiseworthy 2.45 ERA and 0.909 WHIP carry over into the next campaign.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Phillies, they\u2019ll now look ahead to a bullpen that no longer features Estevez or 2024 All-Star Jeff Hoffman, but instead will see Jordan Romano headline their relief unit.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies just saw their standout closer Carlos Estevez depart in free agency this winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE: Phillies lose closer to Royals in free agency - 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