One former Phillie is guaranteed a World Series ring

Former Phillies outfielder Buddy Kennedy is a World Series champion.

Two of the three major league teams he played for this year, the Blue Jays and Dodgers, will square off in the 2025 World Series. He’s one of two players, the other being pitcher José Ureña, to play for both pennant-winning clubs this season. He is guaranteed a World Series ring, regardless of the outcome of the Fall Classic.

Kennedy played in two games at the major league level with the Blue Jays and seven games with the Dodgers.

Kennedy, a native of Millville, N.J., was in a spring training battle with Kody Clemens for the final spot on the Phillies’ 26-man roster. Clemens won the job, and Kennedy was outrighted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, released and re-signed to a minor league contract. The Phillies selected him to the big league roster in June when he reportedly exercised his upward mobility clause.

He was designated for assignment by the Phillies on June 30, signed a minor league contract with the Blue Jays on July 9, selected to the roster on Aug. 5 and designated for assignment on Aug. 12. He was picked up on waivers by the Dodgers and appeared in seven games for Los Angeles before being DFA’d again 10 days later. Kennedy signed with the Blue Jays again on a minor league deal in early September and finished the year in Triple-A Buffalo.

Kennedy, a former Arizona Diamondback, also received a 2023 National League pennant ring.