Phillies will face contract choices
Before the 2007 season, when there weren’t as many banners flying in Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies made a decision: Chase Utley, already an All-Star second baseman, would be their centerpiece player. And they paid him accordingly, locking him up with a seven-year, $85 million extension, the longest guaranteed contract in franchise history. Those were simpler times. Three division crowns, two National League pennants and one elusive World Series championship later, the Phillies’ nucleus has multiplied like an amoeba. There haven’t been other seven-year deals, but seven everyday players, three starting pitchers and two primary relievers have reached multiyear agreements that leave them …
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