Héctor Neris, the longest-tenured Phillies player, won’t be returning in 2022. It’s a major blow to the Phillies bullpen, not to mention to Phillies fans who have grown to love Neris over the past eight years.
Hector Neris is signing with the Astros. It's a two-year deal, I am hearing
— Jim Salisbury (@JSalisburyNBCS) November 27, 2021
The news came very quickly. Jim Salisbury reported this afternoon that the Phillies had given up on Héctor Neris and that he would sign somewhere else shortly. Just moments later, Salisbury broke the news that Neris would be signing with the Astros.