Evan Phillips Signs Three-Year, $35 Million Contract with Braves

Reliever Evan Phillips has left the Los Angeles Dodgers to sign a three-year, $35 million contract with the Atlanta Braves. The deal pays $11 million in both 2027 and 2028 and $13 million in 2029, with 1% donated to the Braves Foundation. Phillips returns to the franchise that originally drafted him in 2015. Coming off Tommy John surgery, he posted a 3.46 ERA over 26 regular-season innings in 2026 for Los Angeles and will join Atlanta's bullpen alongside Robert Suarez and Dylan Lee.