The Philadelphia Phillies once again failed to make much noise this postseason in a painful exit that's still fresh on the minds of their fans. Their core roster ended the season ringless for the fourth straight season and is likely to be broken up with only a small amount of players having won the World Series prior to joining the Phillies.
MLB's Championship Series are underway, with the Milwaukee Brewers facing the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS and the Toronto Blue Jays taking on the Seattle Mariners in the ALCS. Those teams are full of a few former Phillies who could win a World Series ring after appearing in a game for the final four teams this season.
Every former Phillies player who can still win a World Series ring
Rhys Hoskins, Brewers
Former fan favorite Rhys Hoskins could win a ring with Milwaukee in a few weeks despite not being on their postseason rosters. This certainly isn't what Hoskins expected when he inked a two-year, $34 million contract with the Brewers ahead of the 2024 season. He did make their Wild Card roster last postseason, however, after a 26-home run, 82-RBI debut season.
Hoskins' 2025 campaign was limited to 90 games after suffering a sprained left thumb on July 5. He homered 12 times and drove in 43 runs before the injury that left him sidelined until September. The emergence of first baseman trade acquisition Andrew Vaughn has led to Hoskins' removal from the Brewers' postseason roster and has him likely to leave in free agency this winter.
Buddy Kennedy, Dodgers and Blue Jays
The lone player on this list to have played for more than one of the final four teams in 2025, Buddy Kennedy currently has a 50 percent chance of getting a ring. He'll be guaranteed one if the Blue Jays face the Dodgers in the World Series, even though he appeared in fewer than eight games for each team.
Kennedy signed with Toronto a week after being DFA'd by the Phillies on June 30. He appeared in only two games there and went one-for-five with a double. That hit came against the Dodgers, who claimed Kennedy off waivers in mid-August after he was DFA'd again. He recorded one more hit there before electing free agency and re-signing with the Blue Jays on a minor-league deal.
Luis Garcia, Dodgers
Luis Garcia's name is a blast from the past for any Phillies fan who sat through the darkest years of their 2010s rebuild. The veteran reliever has bounced around a lot since debuting in Philadelphia in 2013, with the Dodgers being his eighth team and first of three in 2025. Most of Garcia's appearances this season came as a Dodger, posting a 5.27 ERA across 27 1/3 innings.
He was released on July 4, then signed with the Washington Nationals a few days later. Garcia's whirlwind 2025 ended with him being shipped to the Los Angeles Angels at the trade deadline. The six years he spent with the Phillies from 2013 to 2018 are the most he's spent with any team over his 13-year career.
J.P. Crawford, Mariners
Justin Crawford's cousin J.P. Crawford has carved out a solid MLB career in Seattle after being traded there in the 2018 Jean Segura trade that signaled a new era of competitive Phillies baseball. The Phillies' 2013 first-round pick had blossomed into one of the team's top prospects by 2017 when he made his much-anticipated debut.
Now 30, Crawford is already in his seventh season with the Mariners. He won a Gold Glove in 2020 and finished 16th in AL MVP voting with his .266/.380/.438 performance in 2023. This July, Crawford made Mariners history with his 787th game played at shortstop, the most in team history.
Jeff Hoffman, Blue Jays
One of the Phillies' most dominant relievers from 2023-2024, Jeff Hoffman earned himself a lucrative contract in free agency. The Blue Jays jumped at the opportunity to bring Hoffman along as their closer when they signed him to a three-year, $33 million contract last offseason. Although it was a big letdown at the time, the Phillies are surely glad to have found Jhoan Duran for $3 million cheaper.
Hoffman's Blue Jays tenure has been a rollercoaster ride unlike his two seasons in Philadelphia. He recorded an ERA below 2.00 in three months, with the other three all being over 4.50, with an ugly 13.50 mark in May. He recorded 33 saves in 40 opportunities and has looked strong in his three playoff appearances so far.
Seranthony Domínguez, Blue Jays
Back in the postseason for the fourth consecutive season, Seranthony Domínguez has amassed some impressive postseason numbers. He has a career 1.27 ERA and 1.08 WHIP in 21 1/3 innings, including a lights-out stretch during the Phillies' 2022 World Series run. He was used heavily that October, with a 1.69 ERA over 10 2/3, including a key six-out save in NLCS Game 3.
Domínguez's Phillies career ended in 2024 when he was dealt to the Baltimore Orioles in the Austin Hays trade deadline move. He essentially played a full season in Baltimore before being traded across the field to the Blue Jays at this year's deadline. Like Hoffman, he's become a key reliever in a championship-worthy Blue Jays bullpen
Spencer Turnbull, Blue Jays
Veteran pitcher Spencer Turnbull experienced a brief career revival with the Phillies in 2024. Turnbull had a 2.65 ERA over 54 1/3 innings, which were the most since his 2021 Tommy John surgery. His experience as both a starting pitcher and long reliever was an attractive selling point to the Blue Jays, who signed him this past May after a long wait in free agency.
Turnbull made just one start in three games for the Blue Jays, allowing five earned runs across 6 1/3 innings for a lackluster 7.11 ERA. He was released by Toronto in late June before signing minor-league deals with the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals, never making it back to the big leagues.